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Historical Events

The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.

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  • 49 BC
    Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
  • 9
    The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty.
  • 69
    Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
  • 236
    Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.
  • 1072
    Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
  • 1475
    Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
  • Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
  • Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
  • The Siege of Dunlap’s Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
  • Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte divorces his first wife Joséphine.
  • American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
  • The London Underground, the world’s oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
  • John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
  • The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.

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  • World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
  • The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
  • Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Dáil Éireann.
  • Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.
  • Fritz Lang’s futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
  • The Adventures of Tintin, one of the most popular European comic books, is first published in Belgium.
  • World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
  • The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
  • The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
  • BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
  • Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle. It became better known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
  • A by-poll is held in the Lebanese Chouf District.
  • Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
  • Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
  • Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress’s 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.