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ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
On This Day
- 2008 The 1,388-foot-tall (423.2 m) Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, with the world's highest residence above ground level at the time, held its grand opening.
Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)Chicago- 1999 A 14-year-old former student in Taber, Alberta, opened fire at his high school, killing one student and wounding another in Canada's first fatal school shooting in more than two decades.
Taber, AlbertaW. R. Myers High School shooting- 1988 Aloha Airlines Flight 243 experienced explosive decompression while airborne between Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii, with one fatality as a flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft.
Aloha Airlines Flight 243Uncontrolled decompressionHilo, HawaiiHonolulu- 1983 The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.
Stern (magazine)Hitler Diaries- 1973 The album The Dark Side of the Moon by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd entered the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, on which it spent a record 942 weeks.
The Dark Side of the MoonProgressive rockPink FloydBillboard 200- 1971 Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid condemned the capitalist "rat race" in his inaugural address as Rector of the University of Glasgow.
Jimmy ReidRat raceAlienation (speech)Rector of the University of Glasgow- 1960 The Sibley Commission issued their final report, urging the government of the U.S. state of Georgia to abandon its strategy of massive resistance and legalize some instances of school integration.
Sibley CommissionGeorgia (U.S. state)Massive resistanceSchool integration in the United States- 1952 Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei, officially ending the Second Sino-Japanese War seven years after fighting ended due to World War II.
Treaty of TaipeiSecond Sino-Japanese WarWorld War II- 1945 World War II: Benito Mussolini, the deposed fascist dictator of Italy, was executed by partisans in Giulino.
World War IIBenito MussoliniDeath of Benito MussoliniGiulino- 1941 World War II: Presaging a campaign of genocide against the Serbs of Croatia, around 190 people were massacred by members of the Ustaše movement in Gudovac.
World War IIGenocide of Serbs in the Independent State of CroatiaSerbs of CroatiaGudovac massacreUstašeGudovac- 1923 The FA Cup final (crowd and police pictured) between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United was held on the opening day of the Empire Stadium in London.
1923 FA Cup finalBolton Wanderers F.C.West Ham United F.C.Wembley Stadium (1923)- 1910 Frenchman Louis Paulhan landed his biplane at Manchester (pictured), having departed from London the previous day, to win the world's first long-distance air race
Louis Paulhan1910 London to Manchester air race- 1887 A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé (pictured) was released on the order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
Prussian Secret PoliceGuillaume SchnaebeléWilliam I, German Emperor- 1789 Fletcher Christian, the acting lieutenant on board the Royal Navy ship Bounty, led a mutiny against the commander William Bligh in the South Pacific.
Fletcher ChristianRoyal NavyHMS BountyMutiny on the BountyWilliam Bligh- 1783 Second Anglo-Mysore War: British troops surrendered the fortress of Bednore in southwestern India to French and Mysorean forces; many of the prisoners were later murdered.
Second Anglo-Mysore WarSiege of BednoreKingdom of Mysore- 1611 The University of Santo Tomas in Manila, one of the oldest existing universities in Asia and one of the world's largest Catholic universities by enrollment, was founded.
University of Santo TomasManilaCatholic higher education- 1253 The Japanese monk Nichiren declared the mantra Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, now a central part of Nichiren Buddhism.
NichirenMantraNamu Myōhō Renge KyōNichiren Buddhism- 224 The ancient Iranian Parthian Empire fell to the Sasanids after its forces were defeated at the Battle of Hormozdgan.
Parthian EmpireSasanian EmpireBattle of Hormozdgan