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Events:C/P.
532 Nika riots in Constantinople.
888 Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
1328 Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
1435 Sicut Dudum is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV about the enslaving of black natives in Canary Islands by Spanish natives.
1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
1605 The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
1607 The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
1733 James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
1785 John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
1797 French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running ashore, resulting in the death of over 900.
1815 War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
1822 The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
1830 The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
1832 President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
1840 The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
1842 Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
1847 The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the MexicanAmerican War in California.
1869 National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C.
1893 The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
1893 U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
1898 Ιmile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
1908 The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
1910 The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York.
1913 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
1915 An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
1934 The Candidate of Sciences degree is established in the Soviet Union.
1935 A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
1939 The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
1942 Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
1942 World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
1951 First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
1953 Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia.
1953 An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
1958 The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
1964 Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta resulting in 100 deaths.
1964 Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakσw, Poland.
1966 Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
1968 Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison
1972 Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
1974 Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
1982 Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
1985 A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
1986 A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
1990 Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
1991 Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000.
1993 Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
2001 An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
532 Nika riots in Constantinople.
888 Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
1328 Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
1435 Sicut Dudum is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV about the enslaving of black natives in Canary Islands by Spanish natives.
1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
1605 The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
1607 The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
1733 James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
1785 John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
1797 French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running ashore, resulting in the death of over 900.
1815 War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
1822 The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
1830 The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
1832 President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
1840 The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
1842 Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
1847 The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the MexicanAmerican War in California.
1869 National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C.
1893 The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
1893 U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
1898 Ιmile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
1908 The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
1910 The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York.
1913 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
1915 An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
1934 The Candidate of Sciences degree is established in the Soviet Union.
1935 A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
1939 The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
1942 Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
1942 World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
1951 First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
1953 Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia.
1953 An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
1958 The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
1964 Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta resulting in 100 deaths.
1964 Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakσw, Poland.
1966 Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
1968 Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison
1972 Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
1974 Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
1982 Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
1985 A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
1986 A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
1990 Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
1991 Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000.
1993 Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
2001 An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
End of C/P.