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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999, in Islamabad, Pakistan. |
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Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is stabbed fatally while shopping, and dies of her wounds on September 11. |
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Switzerland, known for its neutrality, joins the United Nations. |
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The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte dIvoire – the largest church in Africa and perhaps the world – is consecrated by Pope John Paul II. |
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At his residence in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden launches al Qaeda. |
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Last execution by Guillotine in France. Hamida Djandoubi, convicted for torture and murder, was executed at Baumettes Prison in Marseille. |
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A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176. |
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Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal. |
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The United States loses its first international basketball game in a disputed match against the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany. |
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The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. |
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20 African-American students enter public schools in Alabama. |
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At the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, a horrific crash on the 2nd lap of the race causes the death of German driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators hit by his Ferrari. |
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United Kingdom began an economic boycott of Iran. |
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World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome. |
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World War II: The British carry out an amphibious landing at Majunga, north-west Madagascar, to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign. |
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World War II: The submarine HMAS Oxley is sunk by mistake by the submarine HMS Triton off the coast of Norway and becomes the Royal Navys first loss. |
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Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining France, the UK, New Zealand and Australia in the Allies. |
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The New York City Subways third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened. |
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France had its first Davis Cup win, though it had competed since 1905. |
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Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. |
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Empress Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni. |
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In the Lattimer Massacre, a sheriffs posse kills more than nineteen unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States. |
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George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora. |
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Elias Howe gets a patent for the sewing machine. |
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Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru. |
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The U.S. defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. |
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At the Battle of St. Georges Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain. |
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American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy. |
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John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia. |
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John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France. |
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The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. |
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