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Events:C/P.
472 After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in the Old St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.
911 Signing of the Treaty of Saint Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) a coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.
1346 Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1405 Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
1476 Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
1576 Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.
1616 Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
1735 Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
1740 Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.
1750 Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
1776 Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
1789 Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
1796 The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
1798 The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
1801 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons made his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovered another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
1804 A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
1833 Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
1848 Waterloo railway station in London opens.
1859 Westminster's Big Ben rang for the first time in London.
1864 American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C..
1882 The British Mediterranean fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War.
1889 Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
1893 The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
1893 A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, Josι Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua.
1895 The Lumiθre brothers demonstrate film technology to scientists.
1897 Salomon August Andrιe leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
1906 The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
1914 Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
1919 The eight-hour working day and free Sunday become law in the Netherlands.
1920 In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany
1921 A truce is called in the Irish War of Independence; see Irish calendar.
1921 Former U.S. President William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person to ever be both President and Chief Justice.
1921 The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
1922 The Hollywood Bowl opens.
1930 Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England.
1936 The Triborough Bridge in New York, New York is opened to traffic.
1940 World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Henri Philippe Pιtain becomes Prime Minister of France.
1943 Massacres of Poles in Volhynia.
1943 World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
1947 The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
1950 Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
1957 Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
1960 Independence of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger.
1960 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published.
1960 Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1962 First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
1971 Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
1972 The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
1973 Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris, France on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on-board.
1977 Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1978 Los Alfaques Disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
1979 America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
1983 A Boeing 737 crashes into hilly terrain after a tail strike in Cuenca, Ecuador, claiming 119 lives.
1990 Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
1991 A Nationair DC-8 crashes during an emergency landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 261.
1995 A Cubana de Aviaciσn Antonov An-24 crashes into the Caribbean off southeast Cuba killing 44 people.
2006 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
472 After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in the Old St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.
911 Signing of the Treaty of Saint Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) a coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.
1346 Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1405 Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
1476 Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
1576 Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.
1616 Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
1735 Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
1740 Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.
1750 Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
1776 Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
1789 Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
1796 The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
1798 The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
1801 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons made his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovered another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
1804 A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
1833 Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
1848 Waterloo railway station in London opens.
1859 Westminster's Big Ben rang for the first time in London.
1864 American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C..
1882 The British Mediterranean fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War.
1889 Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
1893 The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
1893 A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, Josι Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua.
1895 The Lumiθre brothers demonstrate film technology to scientists.
1897 Salomon August Andrιe leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
1906 The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
1914 Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
1919 The eight-hour working day and free Sunday become law in the Netherlands.
1920 In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany
1921 A truce is called in the Irish War of Independence; see Irish calendar.
1921 Former U.S. President William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person to ever be both President and Chief Justice.
1921 The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
1922 The Hollywood Bowl opens.
1930 Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England.
1936 The Triborough Bridge in New York, New York is opened to traffic.
1940 World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Henri Philippe Pιtain becomes Prime Minister of France.
1943 Massacres of Poles in Volhynia.
1943 World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
1947 The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
1950 Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
1957 Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
1960 Independence of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger.
1960 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published.
1960 Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1962 First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
1971 Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
1972 The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
1973 Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris, France on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on-board.
1977 Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1978 Los Alfaques Disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
1979 America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
1983 A Boeing 737 crashes into hilly terrain after a tail strike in Cuenca, Ecuador, claiming 119 lives.
1990 Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
1991 A Nationair DC-8 crashes during an emergency landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 261.
1995 A Cubana de Aviaciσn Antonov An-24 crashes into the Caribbean off southeast Cuba killing 44 people.
2006 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
End of C/P.