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Events:C/P.
476 Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
626 Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang Dynasty of China.
1260 The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
1666 In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
1774 New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
1781 Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Seρora La Reina de los Αngeles de Porciϊncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1797 Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
1812 War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1862 Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1870 Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1884 The United Kingdom ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia.
1886 American Indian Wars: after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888 George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1912 Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
1919 Mustafa Kemal Atatόrk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1923 Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1939 World War II: a Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.
1941 World War II: a German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
1944 World War II: the British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1944 World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
1948 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
1949 The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
1950 Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1951 The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1956 The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.
1957 American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
1957 The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
1963 Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dόrrenδsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1964 Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
1967 Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1971 Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
1972 Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1975 The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
1977 The Golden Dragon Massacre took place in San Francisco, California.
1985 The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
1989 In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
1996 War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
1998 Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
2001 Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
2007 Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
2010 Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
476 Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
626 Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang Dynasty of China.
1260 The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
1666 In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
1774 New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
1781 Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Seρora La Reina de los Αngeles de Porciϊncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1797 Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
1812 War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1862 Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1870 Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1884 The United Kingdom ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia.
1886 American Indian Wars: after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888 George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1912 Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
1919 Mustafa Kemal Atatόrk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1923 Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1939 World War II: a Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.
1941 World War II: a German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
1944 World War II: the British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1944 World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
1948 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
1949 The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
1950 Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1951 The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1956 The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.
1957 American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
1957 The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
1963 Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dόrrenδsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1964 Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
1967 Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1971 Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
1972 Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1975 The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
1977 The Golden Dragon Massacre took place in San Francisco, California.
1985 The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
1989 In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
1996 War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
1998 Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
2001 Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
2007 Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
2010 Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.
End of C/P.