2009
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Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader resigns giving no specific reason. Jadranka Kosor is announced as the next Prime Minister, the first woman ever to hold the post.
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2008
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Rioting erupted in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
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2007
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Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces.
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2006
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2004
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Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
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2003
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Over 500,000 people protested against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
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2002
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A Bashkirian Airlines (flight 2937) Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over Ueberlingen, southern Germany, killing 71.
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2000
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The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic.
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1999
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1997
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1991
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1990
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German re-unification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
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1987
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The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
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1984
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The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
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1983
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1981
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The Wonderland Murders occurred in the early morning hours, allegedly masterminded by businessman and drug dealer Eddie Nash.
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1980
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1979
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Sony introduces the Walkman.
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1978
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1976
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1972
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The first Gay Pride march in England takes place.
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1970
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President General Yahya Khan abolishes One-Unit of West Pakistan restoring the provinces.
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1968
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The CIA's Phoenix Program is officially established.
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1967
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Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, which officially made Canada its own federal dominion.
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The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
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1966
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The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
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1963
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1962
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1960
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1959
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Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the U.S.A., the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
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The Party of the African Federation holds its constitutive conference.
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1958
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Flooding of Canada's St. Lawrence Seaway begins.
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1957
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The International Geophysical Year begins.
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1949
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The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin Royal Family.
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1948
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
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1947
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The Philippine Air Force is established.
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1943
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Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since then, no city in Japan has had the name " Tokyo" (present-day Tokyo is not officially a city).
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1942
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The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of Income Tax in Australia as the State Income Tax is abolished.
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1935
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Grant Park Music Festival begins its tradition of free summer symphonic music concert series in Chicago's Grant Park, which continues as the United States' only annual free outdoor classical music concert series.
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1931
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1923
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The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.
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1921
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1916
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World War I: First day on the Somme
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1915
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Lieutenant Kurt Wintgens achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized gun-equipped fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG ''Eindecker''.
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1908
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SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
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1898
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1892
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1890
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Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
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1885
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The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
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1881
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General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
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1879
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Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine ''The Watchtower''.
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1878
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1873
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1870
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1867
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The British North America Act of 1867 takes effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation and the federal dominion of Canada; Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada.
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1863
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1862
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The Russian State Library is founded.
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1858
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1855
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Signing of the Quinault Treaty: the Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
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1837
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A system of the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
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1782
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1770
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Lexell's Comet passed closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 a.u.
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1690
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1569
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Union of Lublin: the Kingdom of Poland and the Great Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union; the united country is called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Republic of Both Nations.
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1520
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1097
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Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by Prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by Sultan Kilij Arslan I.
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