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69 Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome.
880 Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
1135 Stephen of Blois becomes King of England
1216 Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam.
1622 Bucaramanga, Colombia is founded.
1769 Sino-Burmese War (176569) ends with an uneasy truce.
1790 The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
1807 The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
1808 Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).
1851 India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
1864 Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his "March to the Sea".
1885 Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
1890 Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
1891 Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
1894 The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
1920 The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
1937 The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
1939 Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.
1940 World War II: Himarλ is captured by the Greek army.
1942 World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
1944 World War II: Battle of the Bulge German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"
1944 World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.
1947 The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves the Constitution of Italy.
1951 The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
1956 Colo, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity, is born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio.
1963 The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290 km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
1964 The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
1965 In the United Kingdom, a 70 mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.
1974 Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohιli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
1974 The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
1978 The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
1984 Bernhard Goetz shoots four African American would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, New York.
1987 In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
1988 Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist, is assassinated.
1989 Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife flee Bucharest with a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.
1989 Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
1990 Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
1990 The Croatian Parliament adopts the current Constitution of Croatia.
1991 Armed opposition groups launch a military coup against President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
1992 The Archives of Terror are discovered.
1997 Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
1997 Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
1999 Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a Boeing 747-200F crashes shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport due to pilot error. All 4 crew members are killed.
2001 Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
2001 Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
2008 An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m3) of coal fly ash slurry.
2010 The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
Events:C/P.
69 Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome.
880 Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
1135 Stephen of Blois becomes King of England
1216 Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam.
1622 Bucaramanga, Colombia is founded.
1769 Sino-Burmese War (176569) ends with an uneasy truce.
1790 The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
1807 The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
1808 Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).
1851 India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
1864 Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his "March to the Sea".
1885 Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
1890 Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
1891 Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
1894 The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
1920 The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
1937 The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
1939 Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.
1940 World War II: Himarλ is captured by the Greek army.
1942 World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
1944 World War II: Battle of the Bulge German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"
1944 World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.
1947 The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves the Constitution of Italy.
1951 The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
1956 Colo, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity, is born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio.
1963 The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290 km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
1964 The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
1965 In the United Kingdom, a 70 mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.
1974 Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohιli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
1974 The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
1978 The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
1984 Bernhard Goetz shoots four African American would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, New York.
1987 In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
1988 Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist, is assassinated.
1989 Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife flee Bucharest with a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.
1989 Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
1990 Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
1990 The Croatian Parliament adopts the current Constitution of Croatia.
1991 Armed opposition groups launch a military coup against President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
1992 The Archives of Terror are discovered.
1997 Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
1997 Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
1999 Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a Boeing 747-200F crashes shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport due to pilot error. All 4 crew members are killed.
2001 Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
2001 Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
2008 An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m3) of coal fly ash slurry.
2010 The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.