Events
Constitution
Day (Mexico)
Kashmir Day (Pakistan)
Liberation from the Alberoni Occupation
(San Marino)
National Weatherperson's Day (United
States)
Runeberg's Birthday, where Runeberg's
tart are made specially for the
holiday. (Finland)
Unity Day (Burundi)
Events
62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
1597 – A group of early Japanese
Christians are killed by the new
government of Japan for being
seen as a threat to Japanese society.
1783 – In Calabria a sequence
of strong earthquakes begins.
1869 – The largest alluvial gold
nugget in history, called the
"Welcome Stranger",
is found in Moliagul, Victoria,
Australia.
1885 – King Leopold II of Belgium
establishes the Congo as a personal
possession.
1917 – The current constitution
of Mexico is adopted, establishing
a federal republic with powers
separated into independent executive,
legislative, and judicial branches.
1958 – A hydrogen bomb known as
the Tybee Bomb is lost by the
US Air Force off the coast of
Savannah, Georgia, never to be
recovered.
1962 – French President Charles
De Gaulle calls for Algeria to
be granted independence.
1971 – Astronauts land on the
moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
2009 – The United States Navy
guided missile cruiser USS Port
Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii,
damaging the ship as well as a
coral reef.
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