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Events:C/P.
1401 Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.
1603 James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England.
1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei, and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan.
1707 The Acts of Union 1707 is signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1721 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Christian Ludwig, margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
1731 Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.
1765 American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
1829 Catholic Emancipation: The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.
1832 In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr..
1837 Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.
1860 Sakuradamon incident (1860): Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke
1869 The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
1878 The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
1882 Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
1896 A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
1900 Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
1907 The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
1922 Irish War of Independence: In Belfast, Northern Irish policemen break into the home of a Catholic family and shoot all eight males inside.
1923 Greece becomes a republic.
1927 Nanjing Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
1934 U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
1944 Ardeatine Massacre: German troops kill 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
1944 World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.
1946 The British Cabinet Mission, consisting of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
1958 Rock'N'Roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
1959 The Party of the African Federation is launched by Lιopold Sιdar Senghor and Modibo Keita.
1965 NASA spacecraft Ranger 9, equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash landing.
1972 The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland.
1973 Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles, California.
1976 In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perσn and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process. Since 2006, a public holiday known as Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice is held on this day.
1980 Archbishop Σscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
1986 The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of petroleum after running aground.
1993 Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
1998 Jonesboro massacre: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
1998 A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
1998 The FDA Approves Viagra.
1999 Mont Blanc Tunnel fire kills 38 people
1999 Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
2000 S&P 500 index reaches an intraday high of 1,552.87, a peak that, due to the collapse of the dot-com bubble, it will not reach again for another seven-and-a-half years.
2003 The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
2008 Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
1401 Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.
1603 James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England.
1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei, and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan.
1707 The Acts of Union 1707 is signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1721 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Christian Ludwig, margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
1731 Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.
1765 American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
1829 Catholic Emancipation: The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.
1832 In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr..
1837 Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.
1860 Sakuradamon incident (1860): Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke
1869 The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
1878 The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
1882 Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
1896 A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
1900 Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
1907 The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
1922 Irish War of Independence: In Belfast, Northern Irish policemen break into the home of a Catholic family and shoot all eight males inside.
1923 Greece becomes a republic.
1927 Nanjing Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
1934 U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
1944 Ardeatine Massacre: German troops kill 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
1944 World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.
1946 The British Cabinet Mission, consisting of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
1958 Rock'N'Roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
1959 The Party of the African Federation is launched by Lιopold Sιdar Senghor and Modibo Keita.
1965 NASA spacecraft Ranger 9, equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash landing.
1972 The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland.
1973 Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles, California.
1976 In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perσn and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process. Since 2006, a public holiday known as Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice is held on this day.
1980 Archbishop Σscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
1986 The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of petroleum after running aground.
1993 Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
1998 Jonesboro massacre: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
1998 A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
1998 The FDA Approves Viagra.
1999 Mont Blanc Tunnel fire kills 38 people
1999 Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
2000 S&P 500 index reaches an intraday high of 1,552.87, a peak that, due to the collapse of the dot-com bubble, it will not reach again for another seven-and-a-half years.
2003 The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
2008 Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
End of C/P.