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-*[[1755]] - [[1755 Lisbon earthquake|Lisbon earthquake]]: In [[Portugal]], [[Lisbon]] is destroyed by a massive [[earthquake]] and [[tsunami]], killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people. +*[[1755]] - [[1755 Lisbon earthquake|Lisbon earthquake]]: In [[Portugal]], [[Lisbon]] is destroyed by a massive [[earthquake]] and [[tsunami]], killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people.
-*[[1765]] - The [[British Parliament]] enacts the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] on the [[13 colonies]] in order to help pay for [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] military operations in [[North America]].+
-*[[1790]] - [[Edmund Burke]] publishes ''[[Reflections on the Revolution in France]]'', in which he predicts that the [[French Revolution]] will end in a disaster.+
-*[[1800]] - US President [[John Adams]] becomes the first [[President of the United States]] to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the [[White House]]).+
-*[[1802]] - Delegates meet at [[Chillicothe, Ohio]] to form a state [[Constitutional convention (political meeting)|constitutional convention]].+
-*[[1805]] - [[Napoleon I|Napoleon Bonaparte]] invades [[Austrian Empire|Austria]] during the [[War of the Third Coalition]].+
-*[[1814]] - [[Congress of Vienna]] opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of [[France]], in the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. +
-*[[1848]] - In [[Boston, Massachusetts]], the first [[medical school]] for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the [[Boston University]] School of Medicine), opens. +
-*[[1859]] - The current [[Cape Lookout (North Carolina)|Cape Lookout]], [[North Carolina]], [[lighthouse]] was lit for the first time. Its first-order [[Fresnel lens]] can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.+
-*[[1861]] - [[American Civil War]]: US President [[Abraham Lincoln]] appoints [[George B. McClellan]] as the commander of the [[Union Army]], replacing the aged General [[Winfield Scott]].+
-*[[1870]] - In the [[United States]], the Weather Bureau (later renamed the [[National Weather Service]]) makes its first official [[Meteorology|meteorological]] forecast.+
-*[[1876]] - [[New Zealand]]'s [[Provinces of New Zealand|provincial government]] system is dissolved.+
-*[[1884]] - The [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] is set up in Hayes's Hotel in [[Thurles]], [[County Tipperary]].+
-* 1894 - [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] becomes the new [[Tsar]] of [[Russia]] after his father, [[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]], dies.+
-*[[1886]] - [[Ananda College]], a leading [[Buddhist]] school in [[Sri Lanka]] was established with 37 students.+
-*[[1896]] - A picture showing the unclad (bare) [[breast]]s of a woman appears in ''[[National Geographic]]'' magazine for the first time.+
-*[[1901]] - [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]], the largest national men's collegiate [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] is established at [[University of Richmond|Richmond College]], in [[Richmond, VA]].+
-*[[1911]] - The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the [[Italo-Turkish War]].+
-*[[1914]] - [[World War I]]: the first [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Navy]] defeat of the war with Germany, the [[Battle of Coronel]], is fought off of the western coast of [[Chile]], in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]].+
-*[[1916]] - [[Paul Miliukov]] delivers in the [[State Duma]] the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the [[Boris Stürmer]] government.+
-*[[1918]] - [[Malbone Street Wreck]]: the worst [[rapid transit]] accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, [[Brooklyn]], [[New York, New York|New York City]], with at least 93 [[death]]s. +
-* 1918 - Western [[Ukraine]] gains its [[independence]] from the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]].+
-*[[1920]] - American Fishing [[Schooner Esperanto]] defeats the Canadian Fishing [[Schooner Delawana]] in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in [[City of Halifax|Halifax]].+
-*[[1922]] - The last sultan of the [[Ottoman Empire]], [[Mehmed VI]], abdicates.+
-*[[1928]] - The ''Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the [[Turkish alphabet|Turkish Alphabet]]'', replacing the version of the [[Arabic alphabet]] previously used, comes into force in [[Turkey]].+
-*[[1938]] - [[Seabiscuit]] defeats [[War Admiral]] in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.+
-*[[1939]] - The first [[rabbit]] born after [[artificial insemination]] is exhibited to the world.+
-*[[1941]] - American photographer [[Ansel Adams]] takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of [[Hernandez, New Mexico|Hernandez]], [[New Mexico]] that would become one of the most famous images in the history of [[photography]].+
-*[[1943]] - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Empress Augusta Bay]], [[United States Marines]], the 3rd Marine Division, land on [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]] in the [[Solomon Islands]].+
-* 1943 - [[World War II]]: In support of the landings on [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]], U.S. aircraft carrier forces [[Attack on Rabaul (1943)|attack]] the huge Japanese base at [[Rabaul]].+
-*[[1944]] - [[World War II]]: Units of the [[British Army]] land at [[Walcheren]] in the [[Netherlands]].+
-*[[1945]] - The official [[North Korea]]n newspaper, [[Rodong Sinmun]], is first published under the name ''Chongro''. [[Australia]] joins the [[United Nations]].+
-*[[1946]] - The [[New York Knicks]] played against the [[Toronto Huskies]] at the [[Maple Leaf Gardens]], in the first [[Basketball Association of America]] game. The Knicks would win 68-66.+
-*[[1948]] - Off southern [[Manchuria]], 6,000 people are killed as a [[China|Chinese]] merchant ship explodes and sinks.+
-*[[1950]] - [[Puerto Rican]] nationalists [[Griselio Torresola]] and [[Oscar Collazo]] attempt to assassinate US President [[Harry S. Truman]] at Blair House.+
-* 1950 - Pope [[Pius XII]] witnesses "[[The Miracle of the Sun]]" while at the [[Vatican City|Vatican]].+
-* 1950 - [[Pope Pius XII]] claims [[Papal Infallibility]] when he formally [[Dogmatic definition|defines the dogma]] of the [[Assumption of Mary]]. +
-*[[1951]] - [[United States|American]] soldiers are exposed to an [[atom bomb|atomic explosion]] for training purposes in [[Desert Rock]], [[Nevada]]. Participation was not voluntary.+
-*[[1952]] - [[Operation Ivy]] - The [[United States]] successfully detonates the first large [[hydrogen bomb]], codenamed "Mike" ["M" for megaton], in the [[Eniwetok]] atoll, located in the [[Marshall Islands]] in the central [[Pacific Ocean]]. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons. +
-*[[1954]] - The [[Front de Libération Nationale]] fires the first shots of the [[Algerian War of Independence]].+
-*[[1955]] - The bombing of [[United Airlines Flight 629]] occurs.+
-* 1955 - [[The Famous Flames]], a band featuring [[James Brown]], records "Please, Please, Please" at a radio station in [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].+
-*[[1956]] - Formation of Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]] with its capital as [[Hyderabad (India)|Hyderabad]], formerly known as [[Nizam]] state. +
-* 1956 - Formation of the Indian state of [[Karnataka]] (1973), formerly known as [[Mysore State]].+
-* 1956 - Formation of [[Kerala]] state in [[India]].+
-*[[1957]] - The [[Mackinac Bridge]], the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.+
-*[[1960]] - While campaigning for [[President of the United States]], [[John F. Kennedy]] announces his idea of the [[Peace Corps]].+
-*[[1963]] - The [[Arecibo Observatory]] in [[Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]], [[Puerto Rico]], with the largest [[radio telescope]] ever constructed, officially opens.+
-*[[1966]] - The [[National Football League]] awards the city of [[New Orleans]] an NFL franchise, the [[New Orleans Saints]]. (The franchise is sold on an [[All Saints Day]], hence the team moniker.)+
-*[[1969]] - After seven years off the top position on the music sales charts, [[Elvis Presley]] hits number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] chart for the final time with his song "[[Suspicious Minds]]."+
-*[[1970]] - A fire at a dance hall in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, [[France]] kills 144 young people.+
-*[[1973]] - [[Watergate Scandal]]: [[Leon Jaworski]] is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor. +
-*[[1973]] - The Indian state of [[Mysore]] was renamed as [[Karnataka]] to represent the all the regions within Karunadu .+
-*[[1981]] - [[Antigua and Barbuda]] gain independence from the [[United Kingdom]].+
-*[[1991]] - Three faculty, and one staff member of the department of physics and astronomy, were killed, along with one administrator, when physics graduate student [[Gang Lu]] went on a shooting rampage at the University of Iowa.+
-*[[1993]] - The [[Maastricht Treaty]] takes effect, formally establishing the [[European Union]].+
-*[[1998]] - The [[European Court of Human Rights]] is instituted.+
-*[[2005]] - First part of the [[Gomery Report]], which discusses allegations of political money manipulation, is released in [[Canada]].+
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