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Ben Carlin
Sikorsky Russky Vityaz
Lúcia Santos (middle) with her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto
Great Famine National Monument, Ireland
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1619 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. |
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1848 – Maamme, the national anthem of Finland written by German composer Fredrik Pacius and Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg, was performed for the first time. |
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1912 – The Royal Flying Corps, which later became part of the Royal Air Force, was established in the United Kingdom. |
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1952 – The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, held its first sitting. |
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1958 – Algerian War: A group of French military officers led a coup in Algiers, demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria. |
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1969 – Chinese–Malay race riots began in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, leaving at least 190 people dead, and leading the government to declare a state of emergency and suspend Parliament until 1971. |
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1985 – Eleven members of the American black liberation group MOVE were killed when a Philadelphia police helicopter dropped a bomb on their house during a raid. |
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- 1373 – English mystic Julian of Norwich recovered from a severe illness, during which she experienced a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ; later she would describe them in Revelations of Divine Love, the first known English language book written by a woman.
- 1779 – Russian and French mediators negotiated the Treaty of Teschen to end the War of the Bavarian Succession.
- 1913 – Russian American Igor Sikorsky flew the world's first multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft, the Russky Vityaz (pictured), which he designed himself.
- 1917 – Ten-year-old Lúcia Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto reportedly began experiencing a Marian apparition near Fátima, Portugal, now known as Our Lady of Fátima.
- 1967 – Zakir Hussain took office as the first elected Muslim President of India.
- 1981 – Mehmet Ali Ağca shot and critically wounded Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City.
- 1992 – Li Hongzhi introduced Falun Gong in a public lecture in Changchun, Jilin province, China.
- 2000 – A fireworks factory in Enschede, the Netherlands, exploded, resulting in 22 deaths and approximately €450 million in damage.
- 2008 – Nine bombs placed by the previously unknown terrorist group Indian Mujahideen exploded in 15 minutes in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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- 1846 – Þā Geānedan Rīcu abannede geƿinn ƿiþ on Mexico æfter missenlicum disputes þe folgedon Americaþēodes gecnytt mid Texas in 1845 and þis þing begann þone Mexicisca and Americansca Geƿinn.
- 1888 – Isabel Hlāfdige (þǣre gelicnes is hērofer) þæs Brasil rīces onsiglode þa Lei Áurea sƿa gesetnesse, þær endode þēoƿdōm in Brasile.
- 1909 – The first Giro d'Italia lang distance road bicycle racing stage race begann in Italie, and his forma sigoriend ƿæs Luigi Ganna Italisc professional road racing cyclist.
- 1958 – Ben Carlin of Australie ƿeard se anhaga mann þe circumnavigate eall þisse ƿoruld in amphibious vehicle, æfter þe he fremmede to faran mar þon 50,000 mīla be land and be brime.
- 1972 – Uladstires Unfriþ: Ƿægnbyrstend asæt be hlāfordfæstmannum ætbystede būton ealuhūse þærin ƿæs miclum gemang in Belfaste þære ceastre and þes māndǣd begann tƿegra nihta gunsæcce betƿuh þæm Bryttisca Here, se Irisca Cyneƿīsan Here, and þæm Uladstir Frēoƿigan Þrēat.
- 2005 – Ƿigan þæs Usbeciscan Inlendisc Þegndōm and þæs Þēodlican Ƿeardþegnunge onscēotedon in gemang in Andijan þǣre byrig on Usbecistan and ofslogon manig menn, and se leordƿeard sæd þe 187 menn acƿǣlon and ƿiþsæccan sæd hit ƿæs oþerhealf þūsenda manna.