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Events:C/P.
1409 The University of Leipzig opens.
1755 The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.
1763 Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what became the United States.
1775 The USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
1804 At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
1823 Monroe Doctrine: US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts.
1845 Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
1848 Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.
1851 French President Louis-Napolιon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
1852 Louis-Napolιon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French (Napoleon III).
1859 Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry.
1867 At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
1899 Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
1908 Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
1917 An armistice is signed between Russia and the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk began.
1920 Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
1927 Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
1930 Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
1939 New York City's La Guardia Airport opens.
1942 Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
1943 A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including an American Liberty ship, the John Harvey, with a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
1946 The British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly.
1947 Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the approval of the 1947 UN Partition Plan.
1954 Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
1954 The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and the Republic of China, is signed in Washington, D.C..
1956 The Granma yacht reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente province and Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
1961 In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
1962 Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official not to make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress.
1970 The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
1971 Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
1975 Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
1976 Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticσs Torrado.
1980 Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a death squad in El Salvador.
1982 At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
1988 Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
1993 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellνn.
1993 Space Shuttle program: STS-61 NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
1999 Glenbrook rail accident near Sydney, New South Wales.
1999 The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive.
2001 Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
2008 Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat resigns after the 2008 Thailand political crisis.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
1409 The University of Leipzig opens.
1755 The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.
1763 Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what became the United States.
1775 The USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
1804 At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
1823 Monroe Doctrine: US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts.
1845 Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
1848 Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.
1851 French President Louis-Napolιon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
1852 Louis-Napolιon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French (Napoleon III).
1859 Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry.
1867 At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
1899 Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
1908 Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
1917 An armistice is signed between Russia and the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk began.
1920 Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
1927 Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
1930 Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
1939 New York City's La Guardia Airport opens.
1942 Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
1943 A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including an American Liberty ship, the John Harvey, with a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
1946 The British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly.
1947 Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the approval of the 1947 UN Partition Plan.
1954 Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
1954 The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and the Republic of China, is signed in Washington, D.C..
1956 The Granma yacht reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente province and Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
1961 In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
1962 Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official not to make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress.
1970 The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
1971 Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
1975 Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
1976 Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticσs Torrado.
1980 Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a death squad in El Salvador.
1982 At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
1988 Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
1993 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellνn.
1993 Space Shuttle program: STS-61 NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
1999 Glenbrook rail accident near Sydney, New South Wales.
1999 The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive.
2001 Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
2008 Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat resigns after the 2008 Thailand political crisis.
End of C/P.