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Moscow suffers its worst fire since 1977, killing 45 women in a drug addict rehabitational center. |
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A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more. |
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Lech Walesa becomes the first directly elected president of Poland. |
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank |
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The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction. |
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The trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel ends with him being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization. |
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Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain. |
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Red Scare: The John Birch Society founded in the United States. |
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Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company |
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Harry Gold is sentenced to thirty years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. |
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The "Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals" began with the "Doctors Trial", prosecuting doctors alleged to be involved in human experimentation. |
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World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan. |
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World War II: The 19th Bombardment Group attack Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon. |
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World War II: Operation Compass - British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard OConnor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt. |
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Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanjing - Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing. |
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The Constituent Cortes approves the constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic. |
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Gabriel Narutowicz is announced the first president of Poland. |
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In Palestine, Allenby captures Jerusalem. |
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In France, the law separating church and state is passed. |
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Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde in Paris. |
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The football clubs Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End merge to form Newcastle United F.C. |
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Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department. |
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Massachusetts Rifle Association "Americas Oldest Active Gun Club" is founded. |
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In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state. |
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American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress. |
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The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces. |
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The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec. |
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The Republic of Texas captures San Antonio. |
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Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence. |
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New York Citys first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster. |
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First apparition of the Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Guadalupe) to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on Tepeyac Hill |
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The Catholic University of Leuven is founded. |
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Byzantine General Belisarius enters in Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empire. |
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