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Events:C/P.
1077 Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
1521 The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
1547 Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.
1573 Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
1624 Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
1724 The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
1754 Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.
1760 Pownal, Vermont is created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.
1813 Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1820 A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.
1821 Alexander Island is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
1846 The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
1851 Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
1855 A locomotive, on the Panama Railway, runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
1871 Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
1878 Yale Daily News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States.
1887 In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.
1896 Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thus exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).
1902 The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
1908 Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'ιtat against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister Joγo Franco.
1909 United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
1915 An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.
1917 Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.
1918 Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
1922 Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
1932 Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
1933 The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhary Rehmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
1934 The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont.
1935 Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
1938 The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).
1941 French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
1945 World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
1956 Elvis Presley made his first US TV appearance
1958 The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1958 The last episode of the British radio comedy programme Goon Show was broadcast.
1964 An unarmed USAF T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
1965 The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
1977 The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which severely affects and cripples much of Upstate New York, but Buffalo, NY, Syracuse, NY, Watertown, NY, and surrounding areas are most affected, each area accumulating close to 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow on this one day.
12984
Disintegration of the Space Shuttle Challenger.1980 USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
1981 Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
1982 US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
1984 Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
1985 Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
1986 Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.
1988
The last episode of the British TV series Yes, Prime Minister, entitled The Tangled Web, was broadcast.
Pink Floyd flew a giant inflatable bed over the Thames (near Houses of Parliament), in London.
2002 TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.
2006 The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Chorzσw / Katowice, Poland, collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
2010 Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh: Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed are hanged.
2011 Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled up the Egyptian's streets in demonstrations referred to as "Friday of Anger" against the Mubarak regime.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
1077 Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
1521 The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
1547 Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.
1573 Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
1624 Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
1724 The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
1754 Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.
1760 Pownal, Vermont is created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.
1813 Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1820 A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.
1821 Alexander Island is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
1846 The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
1851 Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
1855 A locomotive, on the Panama Railway, runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
1871 Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
1878 Yale Daily News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States.
1887 In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.
1896 Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thus exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).
1902 The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
1908 Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'ιtat against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister Joγo Franco.
1909 United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
1915 An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.
1917 Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.
1918 Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
1922 Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
1932 Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
1933 The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhary Rehmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
1934 The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont.
1935 Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
1938 The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).
1941 French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
1945 World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
1956 Elvis Presley made his first US TV appearance
1958 The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1958 The last episode of the British radio comedy programme Goon Show was broadcast.
1964 An unarmed USAF T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
1965 The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
1977 The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which severely affects and cripples much of Upstate New York, but Buffalo, NY, Syracuse, NY, Watertown, NY, and surrounding areas are most affected, each area accumulating close to 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow on this one day.
12984
Disintegration of the Space Shuttle Challenger.1980 USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
1981 Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
1982 US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
1984 Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
1985 Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
1986 Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.
1988
The last episode of the British TV series Yes, Prime Minister, entitled The Tangled Web, was broadcast.
Pink Floyd flew a giant inflatable bed over the Thames (near Houses of Parliament), in London.
2002 TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.
2006 The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Chorzσw / Katowice, Poland, collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
2010 Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh: Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed are hanged.
2011 Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled up the Egyptian's streets in demonstrations referred to as "Friday of Anger" against the Mubarak regime.
End of C/P.