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660 BC Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
55 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
244 Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
1177 John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster.
1531 Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
1626 Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Roman Catholicism the state religion of Ethiopia.
1659 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1752 Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
1790 The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
1794 First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
1808 Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
1812 Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
1826 University College London is founded under the name University of London.
1826 Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within Swaminarayan Hinduism.
1840 Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du rιgiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
1843 Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
1855 Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
1856 The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
1861 American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
1873 King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
1889 Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890.
1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
1906 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
1916 Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
1929 Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
1937 A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers.
1938 BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
1939 A Lockheed P-38 Lightning flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
1942 World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
1943 World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
1953 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
1953 The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
1959 The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
1964 Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
1968 IsraeliJordanian border clashes rage.
1968 The Memphis Sanitation Strike begins.
1971 87 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
1973 Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
1978 Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
1979 The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1981 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
1990 Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
1997 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
2008 Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President Josι Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
2011 The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
Events:C/P.
660 BC Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
55 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
244 Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
1177 John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster.
1531 Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
1626 Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Roman Catholicism the state religion of Ethiopia.
1659 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1752 Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
1790 The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
1794 First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
1808 Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
1812 Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
1826 University College London is founded under the name University of London.
1826 Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within Swaminarayan Hinduism.
1840 Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du rιgiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
1843 Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
1855 Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
1856 The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
1861 American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
1873 King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
1889 Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890.
1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
1906 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
1916 Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
1929 Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
1937 A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers.
1938 BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
1939 A Lockheed P-38 Lightning flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
1942 World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
1943 World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
1953 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
1953 The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
1959 The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
1964 Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
1968 IsraeliJordanian border clashes rage.
1968 The Memphis Sanitation Strike begins.
1971 87 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
1973 Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
1978 Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
1979 The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1981 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
1990 Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
1997 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
2008 Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President Josι Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
2011 The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.