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-* [[676]] - [[Pope Donus|Donus]] became [[Pope]].  
-*[[1570]] - A [[tidal wave]] in the [[North Sea]] devastates the coast from [[Holland]] to [[Jutland]], killing more than 1,000 people. 
-*[[1675]] - A combined attack by the [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth]], [[Rhode Island Colony|Rhode Island]], [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|Massachusetts Bay]] and [[Connecticut Colony|Connecticut]] colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the [[Narragansett (tribe)|Narragansetts]] during [[King Philip's War]]. 
-*[[1772]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Samuel Adams]] and [[Joseph Warren]] form the first [[Committees of Correspondence|Committee of Correspondence]]. 
-*[[1783]] - In [[Rocky Hill, New Jersey]], US General [[George Washington]] gives his "Farewell Address to the Army".  
-*[[1795]] - The [[French Directory]] succeeds the French [[National Convention]] as the government of Revolutionary France. 
-*[[1861]] - [[American Civil War]]: Western Department [[United States|Union]] General [[John C. Fremont]] is relieved of command and replaced by [[David Hunter]]. 
-*[[1868]] - [[Time zone]]: [[New Zealand]] officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally 
-*[[1889]] - [[North Dakota|North]] and [[South Dakota]] are admitted as the 39th and 40th [[U.S. state]]s. 
-*[[1895]] - The first gasoline-powered race in the [[United States]]. First prize: $2,000 
-*[[1898]] - [[Cheerleading]] is started at the [[University of Minnesota]] with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the [[American football|football]] team. 
-*[[1899]] - The [[Boers]] started their 118 day [[siege]] of [[United Kingdom|British]] held [[Ladysmith, South Africa|Ladysmith]] during the [[Second Boer War]]. 
-*[[1909]] - [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] fraternity is founded at [[Boston University]]. 
-*[[1914]] - [[Russia]] declares war on the [[Ottoman Empire]].  
-*[[1917]] - The [[Balfour Declaration 1917|Balfour Declaration]] proclaims support for [[Jew]]ish settlement in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. 
-*[[1920]] - In the [[United States]], [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA]] of [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] starts broadcasting as the first commercial [[radio station]]. The first broadcast was the results of the [[U.S. presidential election, 1920]].  
-*[[1930]] - [[Haile Selassie]] is crowned emperor of [[Ethiopia]].  
-*[[1936]] - The [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] is established. 
-* 1936 - [[Italy|Italian]] dictator [[Benito Mussolini]] proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the [[Axis Powers]].  
-* 1936 - the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] initiates the [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]], the world's first regular, high-definition (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in [[1964]], the channel still runs to this day. 
-*[[1947]] - In [[California]], Designer [[Howard Hughes]] performs the maiden (and only) flight of the [[Spruce Goose]]; the largest fixed-wing [[aircraft]] ever built.  
-*[[1948]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1948]]: [[Harry S. Truman]] defeats [[Thomas E. Dewey]] for the [[President of the United States|US presidency]]. 
-*[[1953]] - The Constituent Assembly of [[Pakistan]] names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan.  
-*[[1957]] - The [[Levelland UFO Case]] in [[Levelland, Texas]], generates national publicity, and remains one of the most impressive [[UFO]] cases in American history. 
-*[[1959]] - [[Quiz show scandals]]: ''[[Twenty One (game show)|Twenty One]]'' [[game show]] contestant [[Charles Van Doren]] admits to a [[Congress of the United States|Congressional]] committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance. 
-* 1959 - [[Ice Hockey]]: After being struck in the face with a puck, [[goalkeeper]] [[Jacques Plante]] returns to play wearing a protective mask for the first time in professional play. 
-* 1959 - The first section of the [[M1 motorway]], the first inter-urban [[motorway]] in the [[United Kingdom]], was opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the [[M10 motorway (Great Britain)|M10 motorway]] and [[M45 motorway]] 
*[[1960]] - [[Penguin Books]] is found not guilty of [[obscenity]] in the ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' case *[[1960]] - [[Penguin Books]] is found not guilty of [[obscenity]] in the ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' case
*[[1963]] - [[South Vietnam]]ese President [[Ngo Dinh Diem|Ngô Ðình Diệm]] is assassinated following a military [[coup]]. *[[1963]] - [[South Vietnam]]ese President [[Ngo Dinh Diem|Ngô Ðình Diệm]] is assassinated following a military [[coup]].

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