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*1521: The Turks occupy Belgrade? *1565: St. Augustine, Florida, established. It is the oldest remaining European occupation in the United States. *1609: [Henry Hudson]? discovers [Delaware Bay]?. *1619: [Ferdinand II]? is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. *1830: The Tom Thumb starts the first railway service in the United States. *1849: After a siege of over one month, Venice?, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria. *1850: Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin? premieres. *1867: The United States occupy [Midway Island]?. *1879: Cetshwayo?, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the English. *1883: Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire. *1884: First known photograph of a tornado? is made. *1913: [Queen Wilhelmina]? opens the [Peace Palace]? in The Hague. *1914: The British fleet beats the German in the [Battle of Helgoland]?. *1916: Germany declares war on Romania. *1916: Italy declares war on Germany. *1917: Ten suffragette?s are arrested when picketing the White House. *1938: The concentration camp Mauthausen? is opened. *1943: In Denmark, a universal strike against the Nazi occupation is started. *1944: Marseille? and Toulon? are liberated. *1955: Black Mississippi boy [Emmett Till]? is murdered for whistling to a white woman and calling her baby. *1963: During a 200,000 people's civil rights rally in Washington DC, Martin Luther King gives his famous I Have A Dream speech. *1972: During the Olympic Games of Munich, [Mark Spitz]? gets his first of seven gold medals in swimming events. *1979: An IRA bomb explodes on the Great Market in Brussels. *1981: The National Center for Disease Control announces a high incidence of Pneumocystis? and [Kaposi's sarcoma]? in gay men. Soon, these will be considered symptoms of an illness of the immune system, which will be called AIDS. *1986: [Stage of siege]? called in Bolivia. *1986: US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment? for espionage? for the Soviet Union. *1988: At an air show in Ramstein?, West Germany three stunt fighters collide; 70 people die. *1990: Iraq declares Kuwait to be a province. *1993: A dam breaks in Qinghai?, West China. 223 die. *1993: 76 die in an airplane crash in Tajikistan. *1993: [Teng Cheong]? elected president of Singapore *1994: First [gay pride march]? in Japan. *1995: A mortar shell kills 38 people in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The NATO action against Bosnian Serb?s was a reaction to this incident. *1996: Britain's [prince Charles]? and princess Diana are divorced. *1998: A new legal system, based on the Koran, is established in Pakistan. *2001: Dutch prime minister Wim Kok announces that he will not be available for another term as PvdA? party leader or prime minister after the 2002 elections. |
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*1521: The Turks occupy Belgrade? *1565: St. Augustine, Florida, established. It is the oldest remaining European occupation in the United States. *1609: [Henry Hudson]? discovers [Delaware Bay]?. *1619: [Ferdinand II]? is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. *1830: The Tom Thumb starts the first railway service in the United States. *1849: After a siege of over one month, Venice?, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria. *1850: Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin? premieres. *1867: The United States occupy [Midway Island]?. *1879: Cetshwayo?, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the English. *1883: Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire. *1884: First known photograph of a tornado? is made. *1913: [Queen Wilhelmina]? opens the [Peace Palace]? in The Hague. *1914: The British fleet beats the German in the [Battle of Helgoland]?. *1916: Germany declares war on Romania. *1916: Italy declares war on Germany. *1917: Ten suffragette?s are arrested when picketing the White House. *1938: The concentration camp Mauthausen? is opened. *1943: In Denmark, a universal strike against the Nazi occupation is started. *1944: Marseille? and Toulon? are liberated. *1955: Black Mississippi boy [Emmett Till]? is murdered for whistling to a white woman and calling her baby. *1963: During a 200,000 people's civil rights rally in Washington DC, Martin Luther King gives his famous I have a dream speech. *1972: During the Olympic Games of Munich, [Mark Spitz]? gets his first of seven gold medals in swimming events. *1979: An IRA bomb explodes on the Great Market in Brussels. *1981: The [National Center for Disease Control]? announces a high incidence of Pneumocystis? and [Kaposi's sarcoma]? in gay men. Soon, these will be considered symptoms of an illness of the immune system, which will be called AIDS. *1986: [Stage of siege]? called in Bolivia. *1986: US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment? for espionage? for the Soviet Union. *1988: At an air show in Ramstein?, West Germany three stunt fighters collide; 70 people die. *1990: Iraq declares Kuwait to be a province. *1993: A dam breaks in Qinghai?, West China. 223 die. *1993: 76 die in an airplane crash in Tajikistan. *1993: [Teng Cheong]? elected president of Singapore *1994: First [gay pride march]? in Japan. *1995: A mortar shell kills 38 people in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The NATO action against Bosnian Serb?s was a reaction to this incident. *1996: Britain's [prince Charles]? and princess Diana are divorced. *1998: A new legal system, based on the Koran, is established in Pakistan. *2001: Dutch prime minister Wim Kok announces that he will not be available for another term as PvdA? party leader or prime minister after the 2002 elections. |
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*1749: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (author) *1774: [Elizabeth Ann Seton]? (first American-born saint) *1828: [Leo Tolstoi]? (author) (birthday according to the Julian calendar, it was September 9 according to the Gregorian calendar) *1831: [Lucy Hayes]? (1st lady: wife of Rutherford B. Hayes) *1911: [Joseph Luns]? (Dutch foreign minister and secretary-general of NATO) *1930: [Ben Gazzara]? (actor) *1957: [Daniel Stern]? (actor) *1961: [Kim Appleby]? (singer) ([[Mel & Kim]]) *1965: Shania Twain (singer) *1969: [Jason Priestley]? (actor) |
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*1749: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (author) *1774: [Elizabeth Ann Seton]? (first American-born saint) *1828: [Leo Tolstoi]? (author) (birthday according to the Julian calendar, it was September 9 according to the Gregorian calendar) *1831: [Lucy Hayes]? (1st lady: wife of Rutherford B. Hayes) *1911: [Joseph Luns]? (Dutch foreign minister and secretary-general of NATO) *1930: [Ben Gazzara]? (actor) *1957: [Daniel Stern]? (actor) *1961: [Kim Appleby]? ([[singer) ([[Mel & Kim]]) *1965: Shania Twain (singer?) *1969: [Jason Priestley]? (actor) |
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*1481: Alphonso V (king of Portugal) *1818: [Jean Baptiste Point du Sable]? (founder of Chicago) *1900: [Henry Sidgwick]? (philosopher) *1919: [Louis Botha]? (leader of the Boer?s in South Africa) *1943: [Boris III]? (king of Bulgaria) *1990: [Willy Vandersteen]? (cartoonist) ([[Suske & Wiske]]) *1995: [Michael Ende]? (author) (Neverending Story) |
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*430 : Augustine of Hippo *1481: Alphonso V (king of Portugal) *1818: [Jean Baptiste Point du Sable]? (founder of Chicago) *1900: [Henry Sidgwick]? (philosopher) *1919: [Louis Botha]? (leader of the Boer?s in South Africa) *1943: [Boris III]? (king of Bulgaria) *1990: [Willy Vandersteen]? (cartoonist) ([[Suske & Wiske]]) *1995: [Michael Ende]? (author) (Neverending Story) |
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