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Events:C/P
537 The Hagia Sophia is completed.
1512 The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World.
1655 Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Gσra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.
1657 The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
1703 Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
1814 Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
1831 Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.
1836 The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
1845 Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
1911 "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
1918 The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1922 Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
1923 Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito.
1927 Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York, New York.
1939 Erzincan, Turkey is hit by an earthquake, killing 30,000.
1939 Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
1942 The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
1945 The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
1949 Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
1966 The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismσn, San Luis Potosν, Mexico.
1968 Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
1978 Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
1978 The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the South Pole recorded temperatures of 7.5 °F (−13.6 °C), making it the highest temperature to ever be recorded in the South Pole.
1979 The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
1985 Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria airports.
1996 Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
1997 Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
2001 The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
2002 Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.
2002 The company Clonaid announces that it has successfully cloned a human being, although it has never presented any verifiable evidence.
2004 Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
2007 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
2007 Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
2008 Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza - Operation Cast Lead
2009 Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P
537 The Hagia Sophia is completed.
1512 The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World.
1655 Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Gσra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.
1657 The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
1703 Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
1814 Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
1831 Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.
1836 The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
1845 Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
1911 "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
1918 The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1922 Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
1923 Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito.
1927 Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York, New York.
1939 Erzincan, Turkey is hit by an earthquake, killing 30,000.
1939 Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
1942 The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
1945 The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
1949 Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
1966 The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismσn, San Luis Potosν, Mexico.
1968 Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
1978 Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
1978 The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the South Pole recorded temperatures of 7.5 °F (−13.6 °C), making it the highest temperature to ever be recorded in the South Pole.
1979 The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
1985 Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria airports.
1996 Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
1997 Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
2001 The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
2002 Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.
2002 The company Clonaid announces that it has successfully cloned a human being, although it has never presented any verifiable evidence.
2004 Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
2007 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
2007 Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
2008 Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza - Operation Cast Lead
2009 Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
End of C/P.