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Events:C/P
506 Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) a collection of Roman law.
962 Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
1032 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.
1207 Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established.
1461 Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
1536 Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1542 Portuguese under Christovγo da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baηente.
1653 New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
1848 Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
1848 California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
1876 The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
1887 In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
1899 The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
1901 Funeral of Queen Victoria.
1913 Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
1920 The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
1920 France occupies Memel.
1922 Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
1925 Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
1925 The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
1934 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
1935 Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
1943 World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to conclusion as Soviet troops accept the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces.
1957 Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage.
1966 Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1971 Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
1972 The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday.
1974 The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
1976 The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
1980 Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
1982 Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama.
1987 After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
1989 Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
1990 Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
2004 Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
2009 The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe devalues the Zimbabwean dollar for the third and final time, making Z$1 trillion now only Z$1 of the new currency (this is equivalent to Z$10 septillion before the first devaluation).
2011 The White Stripes announce their musical separation
End of C/P.
Events:C/P
506 Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) a collection of Roman law.
962 Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
1032 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.
1207 Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established.
1461 Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
1536 Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1542 Portuguese under Christovγo da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baηente.
1653 New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
1848 Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
1848 California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
1876 The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
1887 In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
1899 The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
1901 Funeral of Queen Victoria.
1913 Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
1920 The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
1920 France occupies Memel.
1922 Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
1925 Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
1925 The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
1934 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
1935 Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
1943 World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to conclusion as Soviet troops accept the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces.
1957 Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage.
1966 Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1971 Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
1972 The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday.
1974 The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
1976 The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
1980 Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
1982 Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama.
1987 After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
1989 Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
1990 Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
2004 Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
2009 The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe devalues the Zimbabwean dollar for the third and final time, making Z$1 trillion now only Z$1 of the new currency (this is equivalent to Z$10 septillion before the first devaluation).
2011 The White Stripes announce their musical separation
End of C/P.