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Events:C/P.
1066 Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.
1118 Alfonso the Battler conquest Zaragoza.
1205 Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
1322 Stephen Uro III is crowned King of Serbia.
1355 Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
1449 Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mystras.
1492 Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic Monarchs conquest Granada completing the Reconquista.
1540 King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
1579 The Union of Arras is signed.
1661 English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England.
1690 Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
1721 The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
1781 In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
1839 The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom.
1853 President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.
1870 The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
1893 The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
1900 Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
1907 Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
1910 The Great White Fleet passes through the Suez Canal, the largest group of ships to pass through up to that time.
1912 New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
1912 German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
1921 Formation of the Iraqi Army.
1929 King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
1929 Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1930 The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
1931 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
1947 Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
1950 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
1951 Ganghwa massacre: Korean War.
1953 The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
1960 National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami, Florida.
1967 Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
1974 In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1978 The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
1992 President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
1993 Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
1994 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan.
1995 A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
2005 American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers.
2005 A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
2009 Gaza War: Israeli Defense Forces were accused of retaliating against mortar attacks in the Gaza Strip by firing on or near a school. It was learned that the school itself was not attacked but that the Palestinian militants took refuge in the school during the Israeli counter attack.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
1066 Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.
1118 Alfonso the Battler conquest Zaragoza.
1205 Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
1322 Stephen Uro III is crowned King of Serbia.
1355 Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
1449 Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mystras.
1492 Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic Monarchs conquest Granada completing the Reconquista.
1540 King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
1579 The Union of Arras is signed.
1661 English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England.
1690 Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
1721 The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
1781 In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
1839 The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom.
1853 President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.
1870 The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
1893 The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
1900 Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
1907 Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
1910 The Great White Fleet passes through the Suez Canal, the largest group of ships to pass through up to that time.
1912 New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
1912 German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
1921 Formation of the Iraqi Army.
1929 King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
1929 Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1930 The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
1931 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
1947 Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
1950 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
1951 Ganghwa massacre: Korean War.
1953 The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
1960 National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami, Florida.
1967 Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
1974 In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1978 The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
1992 President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
1993 Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
1994 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan.
1995 A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
2005 American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers.
2005 A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
2009 Gaza War: Israeli Defense Forces were accused of retaliating against mortar attacks in the Gaza Strip by firing on or near a school. It was learned that the school itself was not attacked but that the Palestinian militants took refuge in the school during the Israeli counter attack.
End of C/P.