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Events:C/P.
320 Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
1009 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.
1016 The Danes defeat the Saxons in the Battle of Ashingdon.
1081 The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates German leader Otto IV.
1356 Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.
1386 Opening of the University of Heidelberg.
1599 Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Bathory in the Battle of Şelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
1648 Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor organization.
1748 Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
1775 African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.
1775 American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) prompts the Continental Congress to establish the Continental Navy.
1779 American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
1797 Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
1851 Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
1860 The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
1867 United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
1898 United States takes possession of Puerto Rico.
1912 First Balkan War: Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as Serbia joins the war.
1914 The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
1921 The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the RSFSR.
1922 The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
1929 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
1936 Adolf Hitler announces the Four Year Economic Plan to the German people. The plan details the rebuilding of the German military from 1936 to 1940.
1944 Adolf Hitler orders the establishment of a German national militia.
1944 Soviet Union begins liberation of Czechoslovakia.
1945 The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1945 A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pιrez Jimιnez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'ιtat against then president Isaνas Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.
1954 Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio.
1964 The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes for its first season after a six-month run.
1967 The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
1968 The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a "black power" salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.
1977 German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.
1991 The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
2003 Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sαnchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
2007 Karachi bombings: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is not injured.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
320 Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
1009 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.
1016 The Danes defeat the Saxons in the Battle of Ashingdon.
1081 The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates German leader Otto IV.
1356 Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.
1386 Opening of the University of Heidelberg.
1599 Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Bathory in the Battle of Şelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
1648 Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor organization.
1748 Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
1775 African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.
1775 American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) prompts the Continental Congress to establish the Continental Navy.
1779 American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
1797 Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
1851 Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
1860 The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
1867 United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
1898 United States takes possession of Puerto Rico.
1912 First Balkan War: Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as Serbia joins the war.
1914 The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
1921 The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the RSFSR.
1922 The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
1929 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
1936 Adolf Hitler announces the Four Year Economic Plan to the German people. The plan details the rebuilding of the German military from 1936 to 1940.
1944 Adolf Hitler orders the establishment of a German national militia.
1944 Soviet Union begins liberation of Czechoslovakia.
1945 The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1945 A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pιrez Jimιnez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'ιtat against then president Isaνas Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.
1954 Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio.
1964 The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes for its first season after a six-month run.
1967 The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
1968 The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a "black power" salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.
1977 German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.
1991 The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
2003 Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sαnchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
2007 Karachi bombings: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is not injured.
End of C/P.