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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 638 Start of Islamic calendar.
In 1265 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities).
In 1570 Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out.
In 1579 Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic.
In 1719 Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire.
In 1832 Edouard Manet, France, Impressionist painter, born.
In 1896 Charlotte, grand duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64), born.
In 1899 Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny, African Queen), born.
In 1913 Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM assassinated.
In 1920 Dutch govt refuses to turn over ex-kaiser of Germany to the allies.
In 1950 George Orwell, British novelist, dies in London at 46.
In 1957 Princess Caroline Louise Marguerite of Monaco, born.
In 1970 Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched.
In 1989 Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84.
In 1991 High-denomination banknotes withdrawn in USSR.
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