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Events:C/P.
211 Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians.He leaves the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons.
960 The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.
1169 A strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania.
1454 In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.
1703 In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
1789 George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
1794 The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.
1797 The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
1801 John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
1810 The Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe.
1820 The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the 2 day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships.
1825 The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
1846 The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Utah Territory.
1859 The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
1861 American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
1899 The Philippine-American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
1932 Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
1936 Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
1941 The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
1945 World War II: The Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea.
1945 World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
1948 Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
1966 All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
1967 Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
1969 Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1974 The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
1974 M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
1975 Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
1976 In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
1976 The 1976 Winter Olympics opens in Innsbruck, Austria.
1977 A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
1980 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
1992 A coup d'ιtat is led by Hugo Chαvez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrιs Pιrez.
1996 Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-32.2°C)
1997 En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
1997 After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Miloević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
1998 An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
1999 Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.
1999 The New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon.
2000 German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
2002 Cancer Research UK, the world's largest independent cancer research charity, is founded.
2003 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
2006 A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.
2008 The London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) scheme begins to operate in the UK.
2010 The Federal Court of Australia's ruling in Roadshow Films v iiNet sets a precedent that Internet service providers (ISPs) are not responsible for what their users do with the services the ISPs provide them.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
211 Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians.He leaves the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons.
960 The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.
1169 A strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania.
1454 In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.
1703 In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
1789 George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
1794 The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.
1797 The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
1801 John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
1810 The Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe.
1820 The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the 2 day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships.
1825 The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
1846 The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Utah Territory.
1859 The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
1861 American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
1899 The Philippine-American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
1932 Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
1936 Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
1941 The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
1945 World War II: The Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea.
1945 World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
1948 Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
1966 All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
1967 Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
1969 Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1974 The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
1974 M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
1975 Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
1976 In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
1976 The 1976 Winter Olympics opens in Innsbruck, Austria.
1977 A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
1980 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
1992 A coup d'ιtat is led by Hugo Chαvez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrιs Pιrez.
1996 Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-32.2°C)
1997 En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
1997 After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Miloević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
1998 An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
1999 Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.
1999 The New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon.
2000 German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
2002 Cancer Research UK, the world's largest independent cancer research charity, is founded.
2003 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
2006 A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.
2008 The London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) scheme begins to operate in the UK.
2010 The Federal Court of Australia's ruling in Roadshow Films v iiNet sets a precedent that Internet service providers (ISPs) are not responsible for what their users do with the services the ISPs provide them.
End of C/P.