Wikipǣdia:Gecorene gemynddagas/20 Blotmonað
Gelicnessa
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Zarya, the first module of the International Space Station
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Francisco I. Madero
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Nuremberg trial
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Statue of Diocletian
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Black Awareness Dæg in Brazil; | refimprove |
Revolution Dæg in Mexico; | refimprove |
1695 – Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, was executed. | needs more footnotes |
1820 – The American whaleship Essex sank 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) west of the western coast of South America after it was attacked by a sperm whale. | refimprove |
1910 – Francisco I. Madero promulgated the San Luis Plan, starting a revolt against President Porfirio Díaz that marked the beginning of the Mexican Revolution. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
1917 – First World War: The Battle of Cambrai began with British forces having initial success over Germany's Hindenburg Line. | refimprove |
1943 – World War II: The Battle of Tarawa began with American forces landing on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffering heavy fire from the Japanese. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
1945 – The Nuremberg Trials of 24 leading Nazis involved in the Holocaust and various war crimes during World War II began in Nuremberg, Germany. | refimprove, too detailed section |
1998 – The assembly of the International Space Station began when Zarya, its first module, was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. | POTD for 2012 |
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adiht- 284 – Diocletian (sculpture pictured) became Roman Emperor, eventually establishing reforms that ended the Crisis of the Third Century.
- 1902 – While discussing how to promote the newspaper L'Auto, sports journalist Géo Lefèvre came up with the idea of holding a cycling race that later became known as the Tour de France.
- 1947 – Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George II of the United Kingdom, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who was given the title Duke of Edinburgh.
- 1952 – The Slánský trial, a show trial against Czech General Secretary Rudolf Slánský and 13 other members of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, was held.
- 1980 – An oil platform drilling accident caused Lake Peigneur in the U.S. state of Louisiana to drain into a salt mine underneath, creating a whirlpool that sucked down the lake's entire contents.
- 2003 – Suicide bombers blew up the British Consulate and the headquarters of HSBC Bank, killing consul general Roger Short as well as actor Kerem Yılmazer.
20. dæg Blotmonðes: Þēodes Drytendōm Wyrþingdæg in Argentinan; Lārtēowena Wyrþingdæg in Fietname
- 1845 – Bryttisc and Frencisc ymbset Río de la Plata þære ēa: Se Argentine Geþoftscipe wæs sigelēas in þæm Vuelta de Obligado Beadwe, ac eftsōn forlǣton Brettas and Francas hiera ymbset þurh hiera feorhlyre.
- 1936 – Spēonisc Ingewinn: José Antonio Primo de Rivera þe wæs se staðolere þæs gyldflocc Falange Española wæs be þæm cynewīselicum leodweard ofslogen.
- 1969 – Scrælingahēap ongann 19-monaþlang onsetnesse of Alcatraz þa īege in San Francisco Byhte.
- 1979 – Wæpnede wiþercoran onsæccede and nām feste se micle bēdhūs ‘’Masjid al-Haram’’ in Meccan þære ceastre, and swuteloden þe hiere leaders, Muhammad bin abd Allah al-Qahtani, wæs se Mahdi, and þærbe menþ man se nierend of Allaldōme.
- 1994 – In accordance with the Lusaka Protocol, the Angolisc leodweard onsiglode griþ mid UNITA wiþercorum and hōpede to endenne þone Angoliscan Ingewinn.