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48 BC Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
235 Pope Pontian resigns. He and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia.
351 Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
365 Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.
935 Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia.
995 Members of Slavnνk's dynasty Spytimνr, Pobraslav, Pořej and Čαslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious.
1066 William the Bastard (as he was known at the time) invades England beginning the Norman Conquest.
1106 The Battle of Tinchebrai Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.
1238 Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King James I of Aragon the Conqueror.
1322 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mόhldorf.
1448 Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
1538 OttomanVenetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
1542 Navigator Joγo Rodrigues Cabrilho of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California, United States.
1779 American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
1781 American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
1787 The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval.
1791 France becomes the first European country to emancipate its Jewish population.
1844 Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1867 Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.
1867 The United States takes control of Midway Island.
1868 Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
1889 The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.
1871 Brazilian Parliament passes the Law of the Free Womb, granting freedom to all new children born to slaves, the first major step in the eradication of slavery in Brazil.
1901 Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
1912 The Ulster Covenant is signed by half a million Ultonians in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
1918 World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
1919 Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, US.
1928 The U.K. Parliament passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis.
1928 Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
1939 Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II.
1939 Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.
1944 Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
1950 Indonesia joins the United Nations.
1951 CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than month later.
1958 France ratifies a new Constitution of France; the French Fifth Republic is then formed upon the formal adoption of the new constitution on October 4. Guinea rejects the new constitution, voting for independence instead.
1960 Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
1961 A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
1962 The Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
1971 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
1973 The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the September 11, 1973 coup d'ιtat in Chile.
1975 The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
1994 The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
1995 Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.
1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
1996 Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and brutally murdered by the Taliban.
2000 Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
2008 SpaceX launches the first ever private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.
2009 The military junta leading Guinea, headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, raped, killed and wounded protesters during a protest rally in a stadium called Stade du 28 Septembre.
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48 BC Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
235 Pope Pontian resigns. He and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia.
351 Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
365 Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.
935 Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia.
995 Members of Slavnνk's dynasty Spytimνr, Pobraslav, Pořej and Čαslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious.
1066 William the Bastard (as he was known at the time) invades England beginning the Norman Conquest.
1106 The Battle of Tinchebrai Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.
1238 Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King James I of Aragon the Conqueror.
1322 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mόhldorf.
1448 Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
1538 OttomanVenetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
1542 Navigator Joγo Rodrigues Cabrilho of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California, United States.
1779 American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
1781 American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
1787 The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval.
1791 France becomes the first European country to emancipate its Jewish population.
1844 Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1867 Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.
1867 The United States takes control of Midway Island.
1868 Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
1889 The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.
1871 Brazilian Parliament passes the Law of the Free Womb, granting freedom to all new children born to slaves, the first major step in the eradication of slavery in Brazil.
1901 Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
1912 The Ulster Covenant is signed by half a million Ultonians in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
1918 World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
1919 Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, US.
1928 The U.K. Parliament passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis.
1928 Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
1939 Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II.
1939 Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.
1944 Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
1950 Indonesia joins the United Nations.
1951 CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than month later.
1958 France ratifies a new Constitution of France; the French Fifth Republic is then formed upon the formal adoption of the new constitution on October 4. Guinea rejects the new constitution, voting for independence instead.
1960 Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
1961 A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
1962 The Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
1971 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
1973 The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the September 11, 1973 coup d'ιtat in Chile.
1975 The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
1994 The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
1995 Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.
1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
1996 Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and brutally murdered by the Taliban.
2000 Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
2008 SpaceX launches the first ever private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.
2009 The military junta leading Guinea, headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, raped, killed and wounded protesters during a protest rally in a stadium called Stade du 28 Septembre.
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