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• 627 - Battle of Nineveh
• 1531 - Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City
• 1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution
• 1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman
• 1897 - The city of Belo Horizonte is founded.
• 1900 - US Steel formed
• 1901Events January 1 World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century. Zero-ists' argument that new century should be celebrated in 1900 rejected worldwide). January 1 The six colonies that make up Australia are federated as under an act of t - First radioFor other uses see: radio (disambiguation Radio is a technology that allows the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of light. Radio waves Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation, and are transmission across the Atlantic OceanFor other uses, see Atlantic (disambiguation The Atlantic Ocean is Earth's second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. The ocean's name, derived from Greek mythology, means the " Sea of Atlas". This ocean occupies an elongated, by Guglielmo MarconiGuglielmo Marconi ( April 25, 1874 July 20, 1937) was an Italian electrical engineer and Nobel Prize laureate, known for the development of a practical wireless telegraphy system commonly known as the " radio". Marconi was President of the Accademia d'Ita
• 19131913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. click on link for calendar) Events January-March January 30 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill February 1 New York City's Grand Central Station opens as the world's largest train station. February 3 Th - Mona Lisaoil painting on poplar wood. It measures 77cm by 53cm (30 inches by 21 inches). The Mona Lisa ( Italian: La Gioconda French: La Joconde , less commonly rendered as the Monna Lisa is an oil painting on poplar wood by the famous Italian Renaissance artist L recovered in FlorenceFlorence ( Italian, Firenze is a city in the center of Tuscany, in north-west Italy, on the Arno river, with a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. Florence is the capital of the region of Tuscany and briefly ( 18, two years after it was stolen
• 1917 - In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys (in 1979 it was opened to girls as well).
• 1925 - Reza Pahlavi takes control of Iran as Shah
• 1937 - Panay incident
• 1941 - United States seizes French ship Normandie
• 1948 - Batang Kali Massacre, Malaysia
• 1963 - Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom
• 1969 - Strage di Piazza Fontana in Italy
• 1979 - Rhodesia changes its name to Zimbabwe
• 1983 - Dallos is the first OAV (Original Animation Video) ever released.
• 1985 - An Arrow Air DC-8 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland killing 256, including 248 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division
• 1996 - Uday Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt
• 2000 - The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore, deciding the presidential election of 2000.
• 2003 - Paul Martin, Jr. is sworn-in as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada