364 On the death of Jovian 
, a
conference at Nicaea chooses Valentinan 
, an army officer who was born in the
central European region of Pannania, to succeed him in Asia Minor.
, a
conference at Nicaea chooses Valentinan , an army officer who was born in the
central European region of Pannania, to succeed him in Asia Minor.
1154 William the Bad 
succeeds his father,
succeeds his father,
Roger the II 
, in Sicily.
, in Sicily.
1790 As a result of the Revolution, France
is divided into 83 departments.
1815 Napoleon 
and 1,200 of his men leave
Elba to start the 100-day re-conquest of France.
and 1,200 of his men leave
Elba to start the 100-day re-conquest of France.
1848 Karl Marx 
and
and
Frederick Engels 
publish
The Communist Manifesto in London.
publish
The Communist Manifesto in London.
1871 France and Prussia sign a preliminary
peace treaty at Versailles.
1901 Boxer Rebellion leaders Chi-Hsin and
Hsu-Cheng-Yu are publicly executed in Peking.
1914 Russian aviator Igor Sikorsky 
carries
17 passengers in a twin engine plane in St. Petersburg.
carries
17 passengers in a twin engine plane in St. Petersburg.
1916 General Henri Philippe Petain 
takes
command of the French forces at Verdun.
takes
command of the French forces at Verdun.
1917 President Wilson 
publicly asks
congress for the power to arm merchant ships.
publicly asks
congress for the power to arm merchant ships.
1924 U.S. steel industry finds claims an
eight-hour day increases efficiency and employee relations.
1933 Ground is broken for the Golden Gate
Bridge in San Francisco.
1936 Japanese military troops march into
Tokyo to conduct a coup and assassinate political leaders.
1941 British take the Somali capital in
East Africa.
1943 U.S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators
pound German docks and U-boat lairs at Wilhelmshaven.
1945 Syria declares war on Germany and
Japan.
1951 The 22nd Amendment is added to the
Constitution limiting the Presidency to two terms.
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 
signs a tax bill
with $11.5 billion in cuts.
signs a tax bill
with $11.5 billion in cuts.
1965 Norman Butler 
is arrested for the murder
of Malcom X.
is arrested for the murder
of Malcom X.
1968 Thirty-two African nations agree to
boycott the Olympics because of the presence of South Africa.
1970 Five Marines are arrested on charges
of murdering 11 South Vietnamese women and children.
1972 Soviets recover Luna 20 with a cargo
of moon rocks.
1973 A publisher and 10 reporters are
subpoenaed to testify on Watergate.
1990 Daniel Ortega 
, communist president of
Nicaragua, suffers a shocking election defeat at the hands of Violeta Chamorro.
, communist president of
Nicaragua, suffers a shocking election defeat at the hands of Violeta Chamorro.
1993 A bomb rocks the World Trade Center in
New York City. Five people are killed and hundreds suffer from smoke
inhalation.
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