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* [[406]] - [[Vandals]], [[Alans]] and [[Suebians]] cross the [[Rhine]], beginning an invasion of [[Gaul|Gallia]]. * [[406]] - [[Vandals]], [[Alans]] and [[Suebians]] cross the [[Rhine]], beginning an invasion of [[Gaul|Gallia]].
-* [[535]] - [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] General [[Belisarius]] completes the conquest of [[Sicily]], defeating the [[Ostrogoths|Ostrogothic]] garrison of [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]], and ending his [[consul]]ship for the year.+*[[1687]] - The first [[Huguenots]] set sail from [[France]] to the [[Cape of Good Hope]].
-*[[1229]] - [[James I of Aragon]] the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (nowadays [[Palma de Mallorca]], [[Spain]]) thus consummating the [[Christian]] conquest of the island of [[Mallorca]].+
-*[[1599]] - [[British East India Company]] is chartered. +
-*[[1660]] - [[James II of England]] is created [[Duke of Normandy]] by [[Louis XIV of France|King Louis XIV]]. +
-*[[1687]] - The first [[Huguenots]] set sail from [[France]] to the [[Cape of Good Hope]]. +
-*[[1695]] - A [[window tax]] is imposed in [[England]], causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the [[tax]]. +
-*[[1775]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Quebec (1775)|Battle of Quebec]] British forces repulse an attack by [[Continental Army]] generals [[Richard Montgomery]] and [[Benedict Arnold]].+
-*[[1831]] - [[Gramercy Park]] is deeded to [[New York City]]. +
-*[[1857]] - Queen [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]] chooses [[Ottawa, Ontario]], as the capital of [[Canada]].+
-*[[1862]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Abraham Lincoln]] signs an act that admits [[West Virginia]] to the Union (thus dividing Virginia in two).+
-* 1862 - [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Stones River]] is fought near [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee]]. +
-*[[1879]] - [[Thomas Edison]] demonstrates [[incandescent lighting]] to the public for the first time.+
-*[[1891]] - A new immigration depot is opened on [[Ellis Island]], [[New York]].+
-*[[1904]] - The first [[New Year's Eve]] celebration is held in [[Times Square]], then known as Longacre Square, in [[New York, New York]].+
-*[[1909]] - [[Manhattan Bridge]] opens. +
-*[[1923]] - The chimes of [[Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster|Big Ben]] are broadcast on radio for the first time by the [[BBC]].+
-*[[1929]] - [[Guy Lombardo]] performs ''[[Auld Lang Syne]]'' at the [[Roosevelt Hotel]] in [[New York City]] for the first time.+
-*[[1944]] - [[World War II]]: [[Hungary]] declares war on [[Germany]].+
-*[[1946]] - President [[Harry Truman]] officially proclaims the end of hostilities in [[World War II]]. +
-*[[1955]] - [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] becomes the first [[U.S.]] corporation to make over [[United States dollars|USD]] $1 billion in a year. +
-*[[1960]] - The [[farthing coin]] ceases to be [[legal tender]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. +
-*[[1961]] - The [[Marshall Plan]] expires after distributing more than [[United States dollars|USD]] $12 billion in [[foreign aid]] to rebuild [[Europe]].+
-*[[1963]] - [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland|The Central African Federation]] officially collapses and splits into [[Zambia]], [[Malawi]] and [[Rhodesia]].+
-*[[1981]] - [[Coup d'état]] in [[Ghana]] removes [[Heads of state of Ghana|President]] [[Hilla Limann]]'s [[People's National Party (Ghana)|PNP]] [[Limann government|government]] and replaces it with the [[Provisional National Defence Council]] led by [[Flight Lieutenant]] [[Jerry Rawlings]].+
-*[[1983]] - The [[AT&T]] [[Bell System]] is broken up by the [[United States]] Government. +
-*[[1986]] - A [[Dupont Plaza Hotel arson|fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], kills 97 and injures 140. +
-*[[1991]] - The [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] is officially dissolved.+
-*[[1994]] - This date is skipped altogether in [[Kiribati]] as the [[Phoenix Islands]] and [[Line Islands]] change time zones from [[UTC-11]] to [[UTC+13]] and [[UTC-10]] to [[UTC+14]], respectively.+
-*[[1997]] - [[Quaker Oats Company|Quaker Oats]] settles a lawsuit involving the immoral use of child subjects in radioactivity experiments circa [[1945]]-[[1956]].+
-*[[1998]] - Exchange rates between the [[euro]] and legacy currencies in the [[Eurozone]] become fixed.+
-*[[1999]] - [[Boris Yeltsin]] resigns as [[President of Russia]], leaving [[Prime Minister of Russia|Prime Minister]] [[Vladimir Putin]] as the acting President.+
-* 1999 - Five [[Aircraft hijacking|hijackers]], who had been holding 155 hostages on an [[Indian Airlines]] plane, leave the plane with two Islamic clerics that they had demanded be freed.+
-* 1999 - The [[United States]] Government handed [[Panama Canal]] control over to [[Panama]] as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the [[Panama Canal Zone]]. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 [[Torrijos-Carter Treaties]]+
-*[[2004]] - The official opening of [[Taipei 101]], the current [[World's tallest structures|tallest]] [[skyscraper]] in the world, standing at a height of 509 [[metre]]s (1,670 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]]).+
-*[[2005]] - The [[Greek language|Greek]] [[BBC World Service|BBC]] radio service ends.+
-*[[2006]] - The [[United Kingdom]] pays final installment of [[Second World War]] debt to the United States.+
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