| 1601 |
|
The Treaty of Lyons ends a short war between France
and Savoy. |
| 1746 |
|
Charles Edward Stuart, the young pretender, defeats
the government forces at the battle of Falkirk in Scotland. |
| 1773 |
|
Captain James Cook becomes the first person to cross
the Antarctic Circle. |
| 1819 |
|
Simon Bolivar the "liberator" proclaims Columbia
a republic. |
| 1893 |
|
Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian monarch, is overthrown
by a group of American sugar planters led by Sanford Ballard Dole. |
| 1852 |
|
At the Sand River Convention, the British recognize
the independence of the Transvaal Board. |
| 1912 |
|
Robert Scott reaches the South Pole only a month
after Roald Amundsen. |
| 1939 |
|
The Reich issues an order forbidding Jews to practice
as dentists, veterinarians and chemists. |
| 1945 |
|
The Red army occupies Warsaw. |
| 1963 |
|
Soviet leader Khrushchev visits the Berlin Wall. |
| 1985 |
|
A jury in New Jersey rules that terminally ill patients
have the right to starve themselves. |
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