Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political…
Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
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2005
Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight.
Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight.
1953
Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich…
Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
1848
Birth of Otto
Born: Otto, King of Bavaria (died 1916).
1667
Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered…
Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register.
1605
Death of Pope Leo XI
Died: Pope Leo XI (born 1535).
395
Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of…
Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.
247
Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ludi saeculares.
Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ludi saeculares.
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