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Singapore: National Day
Suriname: Day of the indigenous people

Events

1048 - Pope Damasus II dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days.
1173 - Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.
1329 - Quilon the first Indian Diocese is erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop
1483 - Opening of the Sistine Chapel
1666 - Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
1810 - Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
1842 - Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
1877 - Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
1892 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
1902 - Edward VII is crowned king of the United Kingdom.
1907 - The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in Southern England.
1925 - Kakori train robbery took place at Kakori, near Lucknow, India
1936 - Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.
1942 - Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
1942 - World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
1944 - The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
1945 - World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Fat Man", is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 70,000 people are killed instantly.
1965 - Singapore seceded from Malaysia and gained independence.
1965 - A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
1969 - Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring, and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles, California.
1971 - Internment in Northern Ireland: British security forces arrest hundreds of nationalists and detain them without trial in Long Kesh prison. Twenty people die in the riots that follow.
1974 - As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
1977 - The military-controlled Government of Uruguay announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in 1981 for a President and Congress.
1993 - The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
1999 - The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem.
2001 - US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells.
2007 - Emergence of the Financial crisis of 2007-2008 when a liquidity crisis resulted from the Subprime mortgage crisis

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1 JanuaryNew Year's Day (le Jour de l'An, le Jour du Nouvel An)
20 AprilEaster (Pâques)
21 AprilEaster Monday (Lundi de Pâques)
1 MayLabour Day (la fête du muguet)
8 MayVictory Day (Fête de la Liberté et de la Paix)
8 JunePentecost (la Pentecôte)
19 JuneCorpus Cristi (Fête-Dieu)
14 JulyBastille Day (Fête Nationale)
15 AugustAssumption of Mary (L'Assomption)
1 NovemberAll Saints (La Toussaint)
11 NovemberArmistice Day (Armistice)
25 DecemberChristmas (Noël)
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