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Events:C/P.
250 Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
1265 In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the "Houses of Parliament".
1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
1356 Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scotland.
1523 Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
1576 The Mexican city of Leσn is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martνn Enrνquez de Almanza.
1649 Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
1783 The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence).
1788 The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Botany Bay is unsuitable for the location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson.
1801 John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
1839 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
1841 Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
1885 L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
1887 The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
1920 The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
1921 The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
1929 In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
1934 Fujifilm, the photographic and electronics company, is founded in Tokyo, Japan.
1936 Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
1941 A Nazi officer is murdered in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
1942 World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".
1945 World War II: Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
1945 World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
1949 Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
1954 The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
1959 The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
1960 Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.
1969 East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
1972 Pakistan launched its Nuclear detterent program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
1981 Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
1986 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
1987 Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.
1990 On Black Saturday, the Red Army kills Azerbaijani civilians in Baku.
1991 Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
1992 Air Inter Flight 148 crashes near Strasbourg, France, killing 82 passengers and five crew members.
1999 The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafιs.
2001 Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
2006 Witnesses report seeing a bottlenose whale swimming in the River Thames, the first time the species had been seen in the Thames since records began in 1913.
2007 A three-man team, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1958 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
250 Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
1265 In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the "Houses of Parliament".
1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
1356 Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scotland.
1523 Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
1576 The Mexican city of Leσn is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martνn Enrνquez de Almanza.
1649 Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
1783 The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence).
1788 The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Botany Bay is unsuitable for the location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson.
1801 John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
1839 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
1841 Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
1885 L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
1887 The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
1920 The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
1921 The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
1929 In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
1934 Fujifilm, the photographic and electronics company, is founded in Tokyo, Japan.
1936 Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
1941 A Nazi officer is murdered in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
1942 World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".
1945 World War II: Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
1945 World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
1949 Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
1954 The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
1959 The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
1960 Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.
1969 East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
1972 Pakistan launched its Nuclear detterent program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
1981 Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
1986 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
1987 Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.
1990 On Black Saturday, the Red Army kills Azerbaijani civilians in Baku.
1991 Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
1992 Air Inter Flight 148 crashes near Strasbourg, France, killing 82 passengers and five crew members.
1999 The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafιs.
2001 Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
2006 Witnesses report seeing a bottlenose whale swimming in the River Thames, the first time the species had been seen in the Thames since records began in 1913.
2007 A three-man team, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1958 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.
End of C/P.