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1241 - Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi.
1512 - War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix was victorious in the Battle of Ravenna.
1713 - War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
1775 - Last execution for witchcraft in Germany.
1865 - Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech.
1868 - The Shogunate is abolished in Japan.
1876 - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
1888 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
1899 - Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States.
1905 - Einstein reveals Theory of Relativity.
1915 - Charlie Chaplin releases The Tramp.
1919 - International Labour Organization founded.
1921 - First sports broadcast on the radio.
1921 - The Emirate of Transjordan is created.
1945 - World War II: United States forces liberate Buchenwald concentration camp.
1951 - Korean War: President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
1957 - Britain agrees to Singapore self rule.
1961 - Bob Dylan makes his singing début in New York City.
1965 - The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states killing 256 people.
1968 - Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
1968 - German student leader Rudi Dutschke is shot in Berlin.
1970 - Apollo 13 is launched.
1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
1981 - A massive riot in Brixton, South London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
1983 - The film 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars
1987 - The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
2001 - The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China after a collision with an J-8 fighter is released.
2001 - Australia beat American Samoa 31-0 in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying game, an international record.
2002 - The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
2002 - An attempted coup d'état in Venezuela against President Hugo Chávez began.
2005 - Chelsea Cooley becomes Miss USA 2005 after winning the title out of 50 other states. She is the first ever winner from the state of North Carolina.
2006 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
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