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• 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, in which Roland is killed
• 1517 - First European connection with China - seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernao Pires de Andrade met Chinese officials at Pearl River estuary.
• 1519 - Panama City, Panama founded
• 1535 - Asuncion, Paraguay founded
• 1540 - Arequipa, Peru founded
• 1620Events September 6 English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. The Mayflower Compact is signed on November 11. November 8 The Battle of White Mountain Two officers of the B - The MayflowerThe Mayflower was the ship which transported the Pilgrim Fathers from Plymouth, England to " North Virginia" (in what was later to become the United States of America) in 1620, leaving Plymouth on September 6 and dropping anchor near Cape Cod on November pulls out of Southampton, England
• 1843Events February 6 The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City). February 11 Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in Milan May 18 The Disruption of the Church of Scotland took place - The Cathedral of Our Lady of PeaceThe Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace also Cathedrale de Notre Dame de la Paix located at 1184 Bishop Street in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States. A former French mission, the cathedral is revere in Honolulu, HawaiiHonolulu as seen from the International Space Station Honolulu is the largest city and the capital of the U. state of Hawai‘i. In the Hawaiian language, honolulu means "sheltered bay" or "place of shelter. The city is located along the southeast coast of is dedicated. It is today the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
• 1877 - Thomas Edison makes the first-ever recording - "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
• 1914 - Panama Canal opens to traffic
• 1920 - Poles defeated the Red Army at the Battle of Warsaw ( Polish-Soviet War)
• 1944 - Allied forces land in southern France (Operation Anvil)
• 1947 - India gains independence from Britain. Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as the first Prime Minister of India
• 1948 - Republic of Korea established south of 38th Parallel
• 1960 - Republic of the Congo ( Brazzaville) declares its independence from France
• 1961 - Construction begins on the Berlin Wall
• 1969 - First day of Woodstock Music and Art Festival
• 1971 - President Richard Nixon ends convertibility of U.S. dollar into gold
• 1973 - Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends
• 1974 - Yook Young-soo , First Lady of the South Korea is killed amid apparent assassination attempt upon President of the South Korea, Park Chung-hee by North Korean spy, during the anniversarial ceremony of the Liberation day.
• 1975 - Military coup in Bangladesh
• 1978 - foundation of Mirapuri - The City of Peace and Future Man
• 1998 - Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, becoming the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles