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Events:C/P.
116 Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia.
1249 Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
1270 Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse.
1630 Dutch forces led by Hendrick Lonck capture Olinda in what was to become part of Dutch Brazil.
1646 Battle of Torrington, Devon the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
1699 First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania.
1742 Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
1804 First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
1852 Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
1862 American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
1866 Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
1874 Silver Dollar becomes legal US tender.
1881 The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
1899 Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufιlag Reykjavνkur, is founded.
1918 The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
1923 Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1930 The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
1934 The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.
1936 Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
1937 Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
1940 World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
1943 World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov.
1943 World War II: Insertion of Operation Gunnerside, Norway.
1945 World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
1957 The "Toddlers' Truce", a controversial television close down between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm is abolished in the United Kingdom.
1959 Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1960 The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1961 Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
1961 The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered.
1962 Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
1968 In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
1978 The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
1983 The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
1985 Hezbollah is founded.
1986 The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
1987 The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
1991 Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermϊdez is assassinated in Managua.
1998 China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
1999 In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
1999 Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Φcalan.
2005 The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
2005 The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs.
2006 The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
2013 A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town in Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.
Events:C/P.
116 Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia.
1249 Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
1270 Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse.
1630 Dutch forces led by Hendrick Lonck capture Olinda in what was to become part of Dutch Brazil.
1646 Battle of Torrington, Devon the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
1699 First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania.
1742 Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
1804 First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
1852 Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
1862 American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
1866 Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
1874 Silver Dollar becomes legal US tender.
1881 The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
1899 Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufιlag Reykjavνkur, is founded.
1918 The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
1923 Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1930 The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
1934 The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.
1936 Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
1937 Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
1940 World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
1943 World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov.
1943 World War II: Insertion of Operation Gunnerside, Norway.
1945 World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
1957 The "Toddlers' Truce", a controversial television close down between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm is abolished in the United Kingdom.
1959 Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1960 The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1961 Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
1961 The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered.
1962 Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
1968 In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
1978 The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
1983 The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
1985 Hezbollah is founded.
1986 The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
1987 The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
1991 Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermϊdez is assassinated in Managua.
1998 China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
1999 In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
1999 Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Φcalan.
2005 The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
2005 The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs.
2006 The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
2013 A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town in Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.