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Sunthorn Phu Day in Thailand; no footnotes
1409 – In an attempt to end the Western Schism, during which Gregory XII in Rome and Benedict XIII in Avignon simultaneously claimed to be the true pope, the Council of Pisa instead ended up electing a third one, Alexander V. refimprove
1541 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro was assassinated in Lima by supporters of his rival Diego de Almagro's son. refimprove
1959 – The Saint Lawrence Seaway, a system of canals connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, was officially opened. Need to verify date, needs more footnotes
1976 – The CN Tower, the tallest freestanding structure on land, was opened to the public in Toronto. refimprove section, too much trivia
1997 – In Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down anti-obscenity provisions of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. needs more footnotes
2003 – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its decision in Lawrence v. Texas, striking down sodomy laws in the United States. {{prose}}, refimprove
2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, ruling that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms for private use in Washington, D.C., and other federal enclaves. outdated

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  • 1907Bolshevik revolutionaries in Tiflis, Georgia, robbed a bank stagecoach, getting away with 341,000 rubles.
  • 1918World War I: The 26-day Battle of Belleau Wood near the Marne River in France ended with American forces finally clearing that forest of German troops.
  • 1945 – At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations.
  • 2006Mari Alkatiri, the ǣrresta Forma Þegn of Ēasttimor, ageaf his ambeht æfter wucum of unfriþ. 26. dæg Searmonðes: Sundorrīcesdæg on Madagascare (1960); Fāna Dæg on Romanie

  • 363Iulianus Andsaca Rōmānisc Cāsere forþferde in his fromlād odf his fare ƿiþ þæm Sassanid Rīce.
  • 1740Jenkins Ēar Ƿig: Speonisc ƿerod mid 300 feðan, frēo sƿeartmanna fyrd and Scræling helpendlica ƿigan abræc Brytƿarena strategically crucial stede æt Mose Byrig on Floridan.
  • 1886Henri Moissan Frencisc chemist sǣd þe he fremede to bedǣlenne fluorine þone hēafodgesceaft, and for þissum dǣde he later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
  • 1948Shirley Jacksones bōc "The Lottery", one of the most famous short stories in American literature, ƿæs gesƿutoled.
  • 1963John F Kennedy Americisc Foresittend geaf his "Ich bin ein Berliner" gemæþel (on biliþ), underlining þāra Geāndena Rīca underƿreþung for democratic Ƿestgermania shortly after Soviet-supported Ēastgermania timbrode þone Berlinƿeall.
  • 1996 – Irisc crime reporter Veronica Guerin was morð while she was stopped at a traffic light, an event which helped establish Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau.