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Rama I
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Grand Army of the Republic Memorial
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Jan van Riebeeck
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Arthur Wellesley, the Earl of Wellington
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Security forces in Cairo beating protesters in 2008
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Demonstrators in Chișinău, Moldova
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Earthquake damage in L'Aquila
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American WWI Uncle Sam recruiting poster (1917)
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Cover of the official report for the 1896 Olympics
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Juvénal Habyarimana
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Jalal Talabani
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| 402 – Gothic Wars: A Roman army led by Stilicho turned back an attempted Gothic invasion of Italy led by Alaric I. | tone and sourcing issues |
| 1320 – The Declaration of Arbroath, a declaration of Scottish independence, was adopted. | refimprove |
| 1580 – An estimated Template:M earthquake struck the Strait of Dover, one of the largest earthquakes in the recorded history of England, Flanders and Northern France. | refimprove section |
| 1782 – [[Rama I|Template:Nowrap]] succeeded King Taksin of Siam, founding the Chakri Dynasty. | refimprove |
| 1793 – French Revolution: The Committee of Public Safety was established, and would become the de facto executive government during the forthcoming Reign of Terror. | unreferenced section |
| 1866 – The Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army who had served in the American Civil War, was founded in Decatur, Illinois. | refimprove section |
| 1868 – The Charter Oath, which stated the main aims and methods of action of the new Meiji era of Japan, was promulgated in Kyoto. | Could not verify date from source cited |
| 1886 – Vancouver, one of British Columbia's youngest cities, was incorporated. | outdated |
| 1893 – The Salt Lake Temple, the largest of more than 140 temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was dedicated in Salt Lake City. | unreferenced section |
| 1896 – The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens. | Could not verify date from source cited |
| 1909 – American explorer Robert Peary allegedly became the first person to reach the North Pole; his claim was accepted for many years, although modern research has determined that he most likely did not. | lots of CN tags, refimprove/unreferenced sections |
| 1917 – World War I: After more than two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to maintain neutrality, the United States declared war on Germany. | unreferenced section |
| 1947 – The first Tony Awards, recognizing achievement in American theatre, were handed out at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. | citation needed tagged section |
| 1979 – The first of the 1979 Nepalese student protests broke out, which forced the monarchy to concede to holding a referendum on the possibility of a multiparty system in the country. | lots of CN tags (4) relative to length |
| 2008 – Egyptian workers staged an illegal general strike, two days before key municipal elections. | CN tags; appears a very minor story |
| Arvid Horn |b|1664| | Birthday not cited |
Eligible
- 1652 – Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck landed at Table Bay in Southern Africa, establishing a settlement that later became known as Cape Town.
- 1712 – A group of 23 slaves in New York City revolted, setting fire to a building, but were soon recaptured.
- 1809 – Napoleonic Wars: British forces captured the French frigate Niémen in the Bay of Biscay.
- 1812 – Peninsular War: After a three-week siege, the Anglo-Portuguese Army, under the Earl of Wellington, captured Badajoz, Spain, and forced the surrender of the French garrison.
- 1830 – Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and others formally organized the Church of Christ, starting the Latter Day Saint movement.
- 1941 – World War II: German forces invaded Greece.
- 1941 – World War II: The Luftwaffe began Operation Retribution, bombing the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade in retaliation for a coup d'état that overthrew the government that had signed the Tripartite Pact.
- 1945 – Second World War: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville Island concluded with a decisive victory for the Australian Army's 7th Brigade against the Imperial Japanese Army's 6th Division.
- 1970 – Four California Highway Patrol officers were killed in a shootout following a traffic stop in Newhall, north of Los Angeles.
- 2004 – Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas became the first European head of state to be removed from office by impeachment.
- 2005 – Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani (pictured) was elected by the National Assembly as the first non-Arab president of Iraq.
- 2009 – An earthquake measuring 6.3 Mw struck near L'Aquila in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, killing 308 people and leaving more than 66,000 homeless.
- 2010 – Naxalite–Maoist insurgency: Insurgents from the Communist Party of India (Maoist) ambushed a Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Dantewada district, India, killing 76 officers.
- 2012 – The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad unilaterally declared the region of Azawad independent from Mali.
- Born/died: | Basil of Trebizond |d|1340| Raphael |d|1520| Henry Barrowe |d|1593| Leonora Baroni |d|1670| Philip Henry Gosse |b|1810| Nadar |b|1820| René Lalique |b|1860| Jeanne Hébuterne |b|1898| Ian Paisley |b|1926| Anita Pallenberg |b|1942| Han Sorya |d|1976| Fabrice Muamba |b|1988| Kate Forbes |b|1990| Teigan Van Roosmalen |b|1991| Julie Ertz |b|1992|Tammy Wynette |d|1998| Oscar Piastri |b|2001| Anita Borg |d|2003 |Shaylee Mansfield |b|2009
Notes
- Rwandan Genocide appears on April 9, so Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira should not appear in the same year
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- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy unsuccessfully attempted to capture Template:HMS near Block Island.
- 1808 – John Jacob Astor founded the American Fur Company, the profits from which made him the first multi-millionaire in the United States.
- 1974 – ABBA (pictured) won the Eurovision Song Contest representing Sweden with the song "Waterloo".
- 1994 – The aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down in Kigali; the event became the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide.
- 2009 – Mass protests began across Moldova against the results of the parliamentary election.