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Events:C/P.
306 Martyrdom of Saint Barbara.
771 Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
1110 First Crusade: The Crusaders sack Sidon.
1259 Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
1563 The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545).
1619 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas).
1674 Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).
1676 Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
1745 Charles Edward Stewart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the second Jacobite Rising.
1783 At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell.
1791 The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
1829 In the face of fierce local opposition, British governor Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that all who abet suttee in India are guilty of culpable homicide.
1864 American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia.
1867 Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
1872 The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia (the ship had been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged).
1875 Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.
1881 The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1893 First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Police officers is killed in battle by an estimated 3,000 Ndebele on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
1906 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc The first intercollegiate Black Greek Letter Organization is founded at Cornell University.
1909 1st Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 266.
1909 The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
1921 The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
1939 World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
1942 Holocaust: In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz set up the Żegota organization.
1942 World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
1943 World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
1943 World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
1945 By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations (the UN is established on October 24, 1945).
1951 A double-decker bus plows over a marching column of teenage Marine Cadets in Kent, England, killing 24 and injuring an additional 18.
1954 The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, United States
1958 Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community.
1967 Vietnam War: US and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta.
1969 Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
1971 The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
1971 The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
1971 The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".
1971 McGurk's Bar bombing: An Ulster Volunteer Force bomb kills 15 civilians and wounds 17 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1975 Suriname joins the United Nations.
1977 Jean-Bιdel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
1977 Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
1978 Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco, California's first female mayor (she served until January 8, 1988).
1979 The Hastie fire in Hull, kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
1980 English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25th.
1981 South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
1982 The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
1984 Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
1991 Pan Am goes bankrupt and ceases operations.
1991 Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
1991 Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
1992 Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
1993 A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
1998 The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
2005 Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
2006 An adult giant squid is caught on video for the first time by Tsunemi Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km (620 mi) south of Tokyo.
2006 Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana, US; the subsequent court case becomes a cause cιlθbre
End of C/P
Events:C/P.
306 Martyrdom of Saint Barbara.
771 Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
1110 First Crusade: The Crusaders sack Sidon.
1259 Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
1563 The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545).
1619 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas).
1674 Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).
1676 Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
1745 Charles Edward Stewart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the second Jacobite Rising.
1783 At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell.
1791 The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
1829 In the face of fierce local opposition, British governor Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that all who abet suttee in India are guilty of culpable homicide.
1864 American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia.
1867 Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
1872 The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia (the ship had been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged).
1875 Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.
1881 The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1893 First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Police officers is killed in battle by an estimated 3,000 Ndebele on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
1906 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc The first intercollegiate Black Greek Letter Organization is founded at Cornell University.
1909 1st Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 266.
1909 The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
1921 The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
1939 World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
1942 Holocaust: In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz set up the Żegota organization.
1942 World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
1943 World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
1943 World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
1945 By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations (the UN is established on October 24, 1945).
1951 A double-decker bus plows over a marching column of teenage Marine Cadets in Kent, England, killing 24 and injuring an additional 18.
1954 The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, United States
1958 Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community.
1967 Vietnam War: US and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta.
1969 Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
1971 The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
1971 The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
1971 The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".
1971 McGurk's Bar bombing: An Ulster Volunteer Force bomb kills 15 civilians and wounds 17 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1975 Suriname joins the United Nations.
1977 Jean-Bιdel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
1977 Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
1978 Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco, California's first female mayor (she served until January 8, 1988).
1979 The Hastie fire in Hull, kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
1980 English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25th.
1981 South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
1982 The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
1984 Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
1991 Pan Am goes bankrupt and ceases operations.
1991 Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
1991 Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
1992 Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
1993 A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
1998 The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
2005 Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
2006 An adult giant squid is caught on video for the first time by Tsunemi Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km (620 mi) south of Tokyo.
2006 Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana, US; the subsequent court case becomes a cause cιlθbre
End of C/P