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Events:C/P.
1066 Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
1477 Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
1500 Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
1527 Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning.
1554 A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
1675 Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg.
1757 Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-Franηois Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
1759 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.
1781 American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
1782 American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
1846 The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
1854 The San Francisco steamer sinks, killing 300 people.
1895 Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
1896 An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Rφntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
1900 Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
1909 Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
1911 Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
1912 The Prague Party Conference takes place.
1913 First Balkan War: During the Naval Battle of Lemnos, Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
1914 The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
1918 The Free Committee for a German Workers Peace, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
1933 Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
1940 FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.
1944 The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
1945 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
1957 In a speech given to the United States Congress, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
1968 Alexander Dubček comes to power: "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia.
1969 Members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary damage property and assault occupants in the Bogside in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
1971 The first One Day International cricket match is held between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
1972 U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
1974 An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
1974 Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59°F (+15°C) recorded at Vanda Station
1975 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
1976 The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
1976 Ten Protestant civilians are shot dead by a paramilitary group at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland (part of The Troubles).
1991 Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 19911992 South Ossetia War.
1993 The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
1993 Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the last judicial hanging in America).
1996 Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
2003 Police arrest seven suspects in connection with Wood Green ricin plot.
2005 Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory.
2008 Mikheil Saakashvili wins his second term as President of Georgia in the snap election.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
1066 Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
1477 Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
1500 Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
1527 Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning.
1554 A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
1675 Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg.
1757 Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-Franηois Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
1759 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.
1781 American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
1782 American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
1846 The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
1854 The San Francisco steamer sinks, killing 300 people.
1895 Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
1896 An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Rφntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
1900 Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
1909 Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
1911 Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
1912 The Prague Party Conference takes place.
1913 First Balkan War: During the Naval Battle of Lemnos, Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
1914 The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
1918 The Free Committee for a German Workers Peace, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
1933 Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
1940 FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.
1944 The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
1945 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
1957 In a speech given to the United States Congress, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
1968 Alexander Dubček comes to power: "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia.
1969 Members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary damage property and assault occupants in the Bogside in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
1971 The first One Day International cricket match is held between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
1972 U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
1974 An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
1974 Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59°F (+15°C) recorded at Vanda Station
1975 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
1976 The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
1976 Ten Protestant civilians are shot dead by a paramilitary group at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland (part of The Troubles).
1991 Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 19911992 South Ossetia War.
1993 The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
1993 Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the last judicial hanging in America).
1996 Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
2003 Police arrest seven suspects in connection with Wood Green ricin plot.
2005 Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory.
2008 Mikheil Saakashvili wins his second term as President of Georgia in the snap election.
End of C/P.