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447
A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
963
Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto.
1217
The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.
1792
Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.
1860
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.
1869
In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6-4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
1900
President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York.
1936
Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.
1943
World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.
1947
Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.
1963
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is appointed to head the South Vietnamese government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the latter deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.
1971
The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1976
Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.
1977
The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
1985
Colombian conflict: leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
1986
Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
1988
Lancang-Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China-Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.
1995
Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
2002
Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
2002
A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.
2004
An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 120.
2012
Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
2016
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa.
