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Events:C/P.
660 BC Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
55 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
244 Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
1531 Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
1659 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1752 Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
1790 The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
1794 First session of United States Senate open to the public.
1808 Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
1812 Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
1826 University College London is founded under the name University of London.
1826 Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within the Swaminarayan faith.
1840 Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Rιgiment receives its first performance in Paris.
1843 Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.
1855 Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
1861 American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
1873 King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
1889 Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first Diet of Japan convenes in 1890.
1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
1906 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
1916 Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
1929 Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
1937 A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.
1938 BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
1939 A Lockheed XP-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
1942 The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
1942 World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
1943 World War II: General Dwight Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
1953 President Dwight Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
1953 The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
1959 The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
1964 Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
1964 The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France.
1968 Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.
1971 Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
1973 Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
1978 Censorship: the People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
1979 Islamic revolution of Iran establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1981 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
1987 The Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect.
1990 Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
1997 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
2008 Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President Josι Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
2011 The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
660 BC Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
55 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
244 Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
1531 Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
1659 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1752 Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
1790 The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
1794 First session of United States Senate open to the public.
1808 Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
1812 Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
1826 University College London is founded under the name University of London.
1826 Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within the Swaminarayan faith.
1840 Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Rιgiment receives its first performance in Paris.
1843 Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.
1855 Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
1861 American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
1873 King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
1889 Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first Diet of Japan convenes in 1890.
1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
1906 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
1916 Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
1929 Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
1937 A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.
1938 BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
1939 A Lockheed XP-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
1942 The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
1942 World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
1943 World War II: General Dwight Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
1953 President Dwight Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
1953 The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
1959 The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
1964 Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
1964 The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France.
1968 Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.
1971 Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
1973 Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
1978 Censorship: the People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
1979 Islamic revolution of Iran establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1981 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
1987 The Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect.
1990 Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
1997 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
2008 Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President Josι Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
2011 The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
End of C/P.