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The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.

2018

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Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.

2014

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Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.

2012

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Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry.

2011

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The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.

1997

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Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901 is destroyed by a bomb after takeoff from Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport in Colón, Panama, killing 21.

1994

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A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.

1992

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United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 111.

1989

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The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.

1985

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The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.

1983

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In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.

1982

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In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.

1981

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Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.

1980

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The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.

1979

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The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.

1979

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The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).

1977

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Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.

1976

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Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.

1972

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Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.

1969

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Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collided over Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to Robert McNamara.

1967

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Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.

1964

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Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.

1963

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Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.

1961

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The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published.

1957

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Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

1952

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Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.

1947

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Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.

1947

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World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.

1943

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World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.

1942

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World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.

1940

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Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.

1940

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World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.

1940

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Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain – mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces. People's Olympiad of Barcelona cancelled.

1936

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The rigid airship USS Macon surprised the USS Houston near Clipperton Island with a mail delivery for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, demonstrating its potential for tracking ships at sea.

1934

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World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.

1916

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Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.

1903

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The first line of the Paris Metro opens for operation.

1900

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Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.

1870

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Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

1864

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American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.

1863

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Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.

1848

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Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.

1845

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Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.

1843

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The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.

1832

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Coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom.

1821

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Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauaʻi.

1817

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The Ottoman army defeats the Iranian army under Nader Shah in the battle of Baghdad.

1733

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Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.

1702

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Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.

1701

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Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.

1588

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The attempt to install Lady Jane Grey as Queen of England collapses after only nine days.

1553

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The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.

1545

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Italian War of 1542–46: The first Siege of Boulogne begins.

1544

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Wars of Scottish Independence: The English win a decisive victory over the Scots in the battle of Halidon Hill.

1333

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Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea.

998

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Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas.

939

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Bardanes Tourkos is proclaimed emperor by rebellious Byzantine troops.

803

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Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic.

711

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Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital.

484

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The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.

64

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