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| It is the final day of the Gregorian year. The day following is ] of the next ]. | |||
| ==Events== | |||
| *] – ], ] and ] cross the ], beginning an invasion of ]. | |||
| *] – ] General ] completes the conquest of ], defeating the ] garrison of ], and ending his ]ship for the year. | |||
| *] – ] the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as ], ]) thus consummating the ] conquest of the island of ]. | |||
| *] – ] is chartered. | |||
| *] – ] is named ] by ]. | |||
| *] – The first ] set sail from ] to the ]. | |||
| *] – A ] is imposed in ], causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the ]. | |||
| *] – ]: ] British forces repulse an attack by ] generals ] and ]. | |||
| *] – ] is deeded to ]. | |||
| *] – Queen ] chooses ], as the capital of ]. | |||
| *] – ]: ] signs an act that admits ] to the ], thus dividing ] in two. | |||
| * 1862 – American Civil War: The ] is fought near ]. | |||
| *] – ] demonstrates ] to the public for the first time. | |||
| *] – A new immigration depot was opened on ], ]. | |||
| *] – The first ] celebration is held in ], then known as Longacre Square, in New York, New York. | |||
| *] – ] opens. | |||
| *] – The chimes of ] are broadcast on ] for the first time by the ]. | |||
| *] – ]: ] declares war on ]. | |||
| *] – President ] officially proclaims the end of hostilities in ]. | |||
| *] – The ] becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over $1 billion ] in a year. | |||
| *] – The ] ceases to be ] in the ]. | |||
| *] – The ] expires after distributing more than $12 billion USD in ] to rebuild ]. | |||
| *] – ] officially collapses and splits into ], ] and ]. | |||
| *] – ] in ] removes ] ]'s ] ] and replaces it with the ] led by ] ]. | |||
| *] – The ] ] is broken up by the United States Government. | |||
| *] – ] assumes office as President of ]. | |||
| *] – A ] in ], kills 97 and injures 140. | |||
| *] – The ] is officially dissolved. | |||
| *] – This date is skipped altogether in ] as the ] and ] change time zones from ] to ] and ] to ], respectively. | |||
| *] – Exchange rates between the ] and legacy currencies in the ] become fixed. | |||
| *] – ] resigns as ], leaving ] ] as the acting President. | |||
| * 1999 – Five ], who had been holding 155 hostages on an ] plane, leave the plane with two Islamic clerics that they had demanded be freed. | |||
| * 1999 – The ] Government hands ] control over to ] as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the ]. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 ]. | |||
| *] – The official opening of ], the current ] ] in the world, standing at a height of 509 ]s (1,670 ]). | |||
| *] – ]. Seven people injured when a fire razed several fireworks stores in the Municipality of ], ]. | |||
| * 2007 – The Massive ] construction project in ] ends. | |||
| ==Births== | |||
| <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Misplaced Pages to this list.--> | |||
| *] – ] (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], French explorer (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Flemish anatomist (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Dutch humanist and physician (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], pretender to the British throne (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], British general (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], empress of Germany (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], French admiral (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American Civil War general (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Governor of Egypt (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American baseball player (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American oil industrialist (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], French painter (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], English journalist and author (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Canadian businesswoman (d. ]) | |||
| * 1878 – ], Uruguayan-Argentinian writer (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], ], ] (d. ]) | |||
| * 1880 – ], American baseball player (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], German painter (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Australian soldier (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American baseball player (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ] (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Polish actress (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Mexican composer (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Quebec singer and composer (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Ukrainian violinist (d. ]) | |||
| *] - ], Egyptian singer and actress (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], English-born composer (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Austrian Holocaust survivor (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American jazz trumpeter (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American film director (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], British ] commander (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American baseball player | |||
| *] – ], American actor, singer, and songwriter (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American actor | |||
| *] – ], French cartoonist | |||
| *] – ], American singer | |||
| *] – ], Irish writer (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American author and actor (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Islamic scholar | |||
| *] – ], Israeli biologist, ] | |||
| * 1937 – Sir ], Welsh actor | |||
| *] – ], American actress (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], German musician (]) | |||
| *] – ], Scottish football manager | |||
| * 1941 – ], English actress | |||
| *] – ], British guitarist (]) | |||
| *] – ], American singer and songwriter (d. ]) | |||
| * 1943 – Sir ], English actor | |||
| * 1943 – ], English bassist (]) | |||
| *] – ], American producer and director | |||
| *] – ], Belgian-born fashion designer | |||
| * 1945 – ], Nicaraguan actress and model | |||
| * 1945 – ], American writer | |||
| *] – ], Zimbabwean human rights advocate | |||
| *] – ], Canadian keyboardist (]) | |||
| * 1947 – ], American actor | |||
| * 1947 – ], Brazilian Rock Star | |||
| *] – ], American singer | |||
| * 1948 – ], ] player | |||
| *] – ], American editor | |||
| * 1949 – ], American writer | |||
| *] – ], American musician | |||
| * 1951 – ], American bassist (]) | |||
| *] – ], American actor | |||
| * 1953 – ], American actress | |||
| *] – ], Scottish politician | |||
| * 1954 – ], German ] ] | |||
| *] – ], Indian crime boss | |||
| *] – ], American comics artist | |||
| *] – ], American actress | |||
| *] – ], American politician | |||
| * 1959 – ], American actor | |||
| * 1959 – ], American musician (]) | |||
| * 1959 - ], Filipino actor (d. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American serial killer | |||
| * 1960 – ], English football player & manager | |||
| *] – ], American baseball player | |||
| * 1961 – ], Chinese actress | |||
| *] – ], British activist | |||
| *] – ], American guitarist (]) | |||
| * 1963 – ], American sumo wrestler | |||
| *] – ], American actor-comedian | |||
| *] – ], American stuntman | |||
| * 1964 – ], British TV presenter | |||
| *] – ], Chinese actress | |||
| * 1965 – ], American author | |||
| *] – ], American entertainment reporter | |||
| *] – ], Canadian comedian and actor | |||
| *] – ], Australian actress | |||
| * 1969 – ], Scittish presenter and newspaper columnist | |||
| *] – ], husband of ] | |||
| *] – ], American basketball player | |||
| *] – ], American basketball player | |||
| * 1971 – ], Mexican ] player | |||
| * 1971 – ], Spanish footballer | |||
| *] – ], American singer (]) | |||
| *] – ], American basketball player | |||
| * 1973 – ], Scottish musician (]) | |||
| *] – ], Japanese American professional wrestler | |||
| * 1974 – ], Brazilian racing driver | |||
| *] – ], Finnish footballer | |||
| *] – ], Costa Rican footballer | |||
| * 1977 – ], son of ] and ] | |||
| *] – ], American rapper | |||
| *] – ], American drummer (], Gerardolopoly) | |||
| * 1979 – ], Irish actress | |||
| *] – ], New Zealand rugby player | |||
| * 1980 – ], American professional wrestler | |||
| *] – ], American football player | |||
| * 1981 – ], Australian football player | |||
| *] – ], Dominican baseball player | |||
| * 1982 – ], Scottish footballer | |||
| * 1982 – ], Australian basketball player | |||
| *] – ], American basketball player | |||
| * 1987 – ], French gymnast | |||
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| ==Deaths== | |||
| * ] – ], ] (b. ]) | |||
| * ] – ], ] | |||
| *] – Margrave ] (b. ]) | |||
| *] – Duke ] (killed at a tournament) (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], English soldier (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ] (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], English theologian and Bible translator | |||
| *] – ], English military leader | |||
| *] – ], brother of Kings ] and ] (executed) (b. ]) | |||
| * 1460 – ], English politician (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], wife of ] (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Japanese warlord (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Italian soldier and jurist (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Swiss theologian (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], German mathematician (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Chinese emperor (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], English statesman and judge | |||
| *] – ], Italian physiologist and physicist (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], English economist (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], English astronomer (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ] (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], French historian and writer (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Finnish author (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], French painter (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], German rabbi (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Romanian writer (b. ] or ]) | |||
| *] – ], Costa Rican war heroine (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Dutch mathematician (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Russian physicist (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American aviator (b. ]) | |||
| * 1910 – ], American aviator (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Spanish writer and philosopher (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], English race car driver (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (b.]) | |||
| *] – ], Dutch aviation pioneer (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], ] (b. ]) | |||
| * 1964 – ], baseball player (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American clarinetist (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ] American actor (b. ]) | |||
| * 1971 – ], American actress (b. ]) | |||
| * 1971 – ], Indian physicist (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Puerto Rican baseball player (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], ruler of Kuwait (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Canadian writer (b. ]) | |||
| * 1980 – ], American film director (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American singer (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American actor (b. ]) | |||
| *] - ], Baltimore Anchorman (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], Soviet cosmonaut (b. ]) | |||
| * 1990 – ], American football coach | |||
| *] – ], British ] commander, ] (b. ]) | |||
| * 1993 – ], first ] (b. ]) | |||
| *1993 – ], ], murdered (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American actor and decathlete (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American musician (b. ]) | |||
| * 1997 – ], American actress (b. ]) | |||
| * 1997 – ], American politician (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American politician (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American politician (b. ]) | |||
| * 2000 – ], Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American actress (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], American guitarist (]) (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ] German-born physicist (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], French-born economist, ] laureate (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], British politician (b. ]) | |||
| * 2005 – ], American tenor (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], baseball executive (b. ]) | |||
| *] – ], British footballer (b. ]) | |||
| * 2007 – ], American football player (b. ]) | |||
| * 2007 – ], American painter (b. ]) | |||
| * 2007 – ], American actor (b. ]) | |||
| * 2007 – ], American actress (b. ]) | |||
| * 2007 – ], Canadian politician (b. ]) | |||
| * 2007 – ], Finnish actor and musician (b. ]) | |||
| * 2007 – ], Italian architect and designer (b. ]) | |||
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| ==Holidays and observances== | |||
| *] on the ]. | |||
| *] in ]. | |||
| *] Celebration, special non-working holiday in the ]. | |||
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