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• 622 - Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina
• 1493 - Christopher Columbus departs on his second expedition to the New World
• 1664 - Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England
• 1789 - Supreme Court of the United States and the position of United States Attorney GeneralThe United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The current Attorney General is John Ashcroft, who has recentl established
• 1789 - United States Post Office DepartmentThe Post Office Department was the former name of the United States Postal Service when it was a cabinet department. It was headed by the United States Postmaster General. The Postal Service Act signed by President George Washington on February 20, 1792 e established
• 18411841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January 26 The United Kingdom occupies Hong Kong. Later during the year, the first census of the island recorded a population of about 7,500. February 18 The first ongoing f - SultanA sultan Arabic ) is an Islamic monarch ruling under the terms of shariah''. The title carries moral weight and religious authority, as the ruler's role was defined in the Quran. The sultan however was not a religious teacher himself. In the Byzantine Emp of BruneiThe Sultanate of Brunei more commonly referred to as Brunei Darussalam or simply Brunei is an oil-rich country located on the island of Borneo, in southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by Malaysia. cedes SarawakEast Malaysia Sarawak is one of the two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Situated on the north-west of the island, Sarawak is the largest state of Malaysia, the second largest being its sister state, Sabah. The administrative capital is Kuching ( to BritainThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly
• 1852Events January 14 President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. January 17 United Kingdom recognizes independence of the Transvaal Devil's Island penal colony opens February 11 First British public toilet - The first airship is displayed
• 1869 - " Black Friday". Gold prices plummet as Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
• 1890 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy
• 1908 - The first Ford Model T is built
• 1948 - Honda Motor Company founded
• 1957 - President Dwight Eisenhower sends United States National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce desegregation
• 1962 - United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith
• 1973 - Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal
• 1991 - Nirvana releases Nevermind.
• 1993 - Broderbund releases the computer game Myst