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Year 763

The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory.

Year 1525

The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.

Year 1535

Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris

Year 1720

Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.

Year 1749

The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.

Year 1774

Abdul Hamid I became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.

Year 1789

The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston.

Year 1793

After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.

Year 1861

American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.

Year 1893

The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.

Year 1908

New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.

Year 1911

The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.

Year 1915

Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.

Year 1919

Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of the Irish War of Independence, the Soloheadbeg ambush, County Tipperary.

Year 1925

Albania declares itself a republic.

Year 1931

Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.

Year 1941

Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.

Year 1948

The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.

Year 1950

American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.

Year 1954

The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.

Year 1960

Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.

Year 1960

Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica's history and the first for Avianca.

Year 1961

Four hundred thirty-five workers are buried alive when a mine in Coalbrook, Free State, South Africa collapses.

Year 1968

Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.

Year 1968

A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.

Year 1971

The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.

Year 1976

Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.

Year 1981

Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Year 1997

The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395-28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

Year 1999

War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.

Year 2000

Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.

Year 2003

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.

Year 2004

NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.

Year 2005

In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.

Year 2017

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as president of the United States.

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