Events537 - The
Hagia Sophia is completed. 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the
Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to
native Indians in the
New World.1657 - The
Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
1703 -
Portugal and
England sign the
Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported
wines into England.
1814 - Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore
Daniel Patterson's make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to
Andrew Jackson's victory at the
Battle of New Orleans.
1831 -
Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the
HMS Beagle, where he will formulate the theory of
evolution.
1836 - The worst ever
avalanche in
England occurs at
Lewes,
Sussex, killing 8 people.
1845 -
Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr.
Crawford Williamson Long in
Jefferson, Georgia.
1918 - The
Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1923 -
Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent
Hirohito 1929 -
Leon Trotsky is deported from the Soviet Union in February 1929. His first station in exile was at
Büyükada off the coast of
Istanbul, where he stayed four years.
1932 - The
Radio City Music Hall in
New York City opens.
1939 -
Erzincan,
Turkey is hit by an
earthquake.
1945 - The
World Bank is created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
1949 -
Indonesian National Revolution: The
Netherlands officially recognizes
Indonesian independence. 1968 -
Apollo Program:
Apollo 8 splashes down in the
Pacific Ocean, ending humanity's second manned mission to the
Moon.
1978 -
Spain becomes a
democracy after 40 years of
dictatorship.
1979 - The
Soviet Union seizes control of
Afghanistan and
Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President
Hafizullah Amin.
1985 -
Palestinian guerrillas
kill eighteen people inside
Rome and
Vienna airports.
1996 -
Taliban forces retake the strategic
Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around
Kabul.
1997 - Protestant paramilitary leader
Billy Wright is assassinated in
Northern Ireland.
2001 - The
People's Republic of China is granted permanent
normal trade relations with the
United States.
2002 - Two
truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in
Grozny,
Chechnya.
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