Jiang Zemin is appointed President of China.
Jiang Zemin is appointed President of China.
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1990
The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí.
The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí.
1945
World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina…
World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
1935
Birth of Julian Glover
Born: Julian Glover, English actor.
1915
Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in…
Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
1884
A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of…
A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and burn down the courthouse.
1309
Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all…
Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
916
Death of Alduin I
Died: Alduin I, Frankish nobleman.
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