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Events:C/P.
253 Pope Cornelius is executed (beheaded) at Centumcellae.
524 The Franks defeat the Burgundians in the Battle of Vιzeronce.
841 In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
1530 At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
1678 Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
1741 Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary.
1786 Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
1788 Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
1906 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
1910 The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for immoral purposes; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
1910 Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
1913 American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
1935 Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
1938 Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
1944 World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries, begins.
1944 World War II: United States Navy and Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
1944 The final page of the comic Krazy Kat was published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
1947 The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
1948 The Berlin airlift begins.
1949 Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters.
1950 The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
1960 Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
1967 Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World
1975 The State of Emergency is declared in India.
1975 Mozambique achieves independence.
1976 Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
1978 The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
1981 Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1982 Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military.
1991 Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1993 Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
1996 The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
1997 An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
1997 The Soufriθre Hills volcano in Montserrat erupts resulting in the death of 19 people.
1998 In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
2006 Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, is kidnapped by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid from the Israeli territory.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
253 Pope Cornelius is executed (beheaded) at Centumcellae.
524 The Franks defeat the Burgundians in the Battle of Vιzeronce.
841 In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
1530 At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
1678 Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
1741 Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary.
1786 Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
1788 Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
1906 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
1910 The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for immoral purposes; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
1910 Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
1913 American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
1935 Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
1938 Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
1944 World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries, begins.
1944 World War II: United States Navy and Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
1944 The final page of the comic Krazy Kat was published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
1947 The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
1948 The Berlin airlift begins.
1949 Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters.
1950 The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
1960 Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
1967 Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World
1975 The State of Emergency is declared in India.
1975 Mozambique achieves independence.
1976 Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
1978 The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
1981 Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1982 Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military.
1991 Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1993 Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
1996 The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
1997 An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
1997 The Soufriθre Hills volcano in Montserrat erupts resulting in the death of 19 people.
1998 In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
2006 Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, is kidnapped by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid from the Israeli territory.
End of C/P.