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2006
Deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein, convicted of the executions of 148 Iraqi Shiites, is executed by hanging.
Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.
2005
Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
2004
A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
2003
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself and his office from the Plame affair.
2000
Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
1997
In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
1996
Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
1993
Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.
1981
In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on the year setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
1977
For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
1972
Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
1965
1953
The first ever NTSC color television sets go on sale for about USD $1,175 each from RCA.
1948
The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
1947
King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
1944
King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
1943
Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
1940
California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
1936
The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.
1927
The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
1924
Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
1922
1919
Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
1916
The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
1906
The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
1905
Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
1903
A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills 600.
1897
Natal annexes Zululand.
1896
José Rizal is executed by firing squad in Manila.
1862
The ''USS Monitor'' sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1853
A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.
Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
1816
The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed.
1460
Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
1066
Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.