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• 1392 - Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu, ending the nanboku-cho period of competing imperial courts.
• 1653 - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
• 1689 - The English Parliament adopts the Bill of Rights.
• 1773 - The Boston Tea Party
• 1811Events February 5 George, Prince of Wales becomes Regent because of the perceived insanity of his father, King George III of the United Kingdom. He is known as the Prince Regent. This is the beginning of the period known as the English Regency. March 1 Eg - The first of a series of severe earthquakeAn earthquake is a trembling or shaking movement of the Earth's surface. Earthquakes typically result from the movement of faults, quasi-planar zones of deformation within its uppermost layers. The word earthquake is also widely used to indicate the sourcs occurs, in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri in the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in.
• 1838Events January 6 Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrates the telegraph. January 8 Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code) January 12 Joseph Smith, Jr. and Sidney Rigdon flee Ohio for Missouri Marc - Boers defeat ZuluThis article is about the African ethnic group. For other meanings, see Zulu (disambiguation). Zulus Zulu Warriors, late 19th century (with some Europeans in the background) Total population: 5 million (est. Significant populations in: KwaZulu-Natal Provi troops at Battle of Blood RiverIn South African history, the Battle of Blood River was fought on 16 December 1838. The Voortrekkers, led by Andries Pretorius, defended a laager (circle of ox wagons) against Zulu impis under King Dingane. Before the battle commenced the Voortrekkers mad, led by Dambuza and Nhlela , celebrated in South Africa as the day of the vow .
• 1850 - The first four ships arrive at Lyttelton to settle Christchurch, New Zealand.
• 1864 - Union troops led by general George Thomas defeat Confederate troops in the Battle of Nashville.
• 1893 - World premiere of Antonin Dvorak's "New World Symphony".
• 1910 - Henri Coanda makes first short flight in aircraft with jet engine
• 1922 - Poland's President Gabriel Narutowicz assassinated.
• 1944 - The Battle of the Bulge begins. A V-2 rocket hits the Rex Cinema in Antwerp killing 567 people.
• 1946 - Léon Blum becomes Prime Minister of France
• 1960 - A United Airlines DC-8 and a TWA Super-Constellation collide over New York City killing 134
• 1966 - Mao's Little Red Book is published in Beijing
• 1971 - Pakistan surrenders, leading to the establishment of Bangladesh the following day.
• 1973 - O.J. Simpson becomes the first player in NFL history to rush for 2000 yards in one season.
• 1985 - In New York City, mafia bosses Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead when exiting from Sparks Steak House, making hit organizer John Gotti the leader of the powerful Gambino organized crime family.
• 1990 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected president of Haiti
• 1991 - United Nations reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25, with 13 abstentions
• 1998 - Operation Desert Fox: American and British troops begin to bomb Iraqi targets after Iraq obstructs UN weapons inspectors.
• 1999 - Mud streams kill thousands in Venezuela.
• 2000 - NASA announces that there is an ocean beneath Jupiter moon Ganymede's icy surface.
• 2003 - Deborah Jin induces the formation of a fermionic condensate among fermionic atoms