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Events:C/P.
534 A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published.
1491 An auto-da-fι, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Αvila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
1532 Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
1776 American Revolutionary War: Hessian mercenaries capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
1776 American Revolution: the United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schφngrabern Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Murat.
1821 American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
1849 A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
1852 The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
1857 Second relief of Lucknow twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
1863 American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
1885 Canadian rebel leader of the Mιtis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for treason.
1907 Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, that is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
1907 Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
1914 The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
1938 LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
1940 World War II: in response to the leveling of Coventry, England by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
1940 Holocaust: in occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
1943 World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
1944 Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur river was launched
1944 Dueren, Germany is destroyed by Allied bombers.
1945 Cold War: Operation Paperclip the United States Army secretly admits 88 German scientists and engineers to help in the development of rocket technology.
1945 UNESCO is founded.
1965 Venera program: the Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, that will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
1973 Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
1973 U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
1979 The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
1988 The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
1988 In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1989 A death squad composed of El Salvadoran army troops kills six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
1992 The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
1997 After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
2000 Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.
2010 Prince William and Kate Middleton announced their engagement at Clarence House
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
534 A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published.
1491 An auto-da-fι, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Αvila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
1532 Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
1776 American Revolutionary War: Hessian mercenaries capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
1776 American Revolution: the United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schφngrabern Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Murat.
1821 American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
1849 A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
1852 The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
1857 Second relief of Lucknow twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
1863 American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
1885 Canadian rebel leader of the Mιtis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for treason.
1907 Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, that is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
1907 Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
1914 The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
1938 LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
1940 World War II: in response to the leveling of Coventry, England by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
1940 Holocaust: in occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
1943 World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
1944 Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur river was launched
1944 Dueren, Germany is destroyed by Allied bombers.
1945 Cold War: Operation Paperclip the United States Army secretly admits 88 German scientists and engineers to help in the development of rocket technology.
1945 UNESCO is founded.
1965 Venera program: the Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, that will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
1973 Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
1973 U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
1979 The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
1988 The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
1988 In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1989 A death squad composed of El Salvadoran army troops kills six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
1992 The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
1997 After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
2000 Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.
2010 Prince William and Kate Middleton announced their engagement at Clarence House
End of C/P.