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Events
537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed.
1703 - Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
1831 - Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, where he will formulate the theory of evolution.
1836 - The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
1845 - Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time (Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia).
1904 - James Barrie's play Peter Pan premieres in London.
1904 - The Abbey Theatre opens.
1918 - The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1932 - Radio City Music Hall opens.
1945 - The World Bank is created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
1947 - Howdy Doody, a children's television program, makes its debut (NBC).
1949 - Indonesian National Revolution: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants Indonesia sovereignty.
1968 - The long-running radio program The Breakfast Club signs off for the last time (ABC radio).
1978 - Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
1979 - The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan and Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President Hafizullah Amin.
1985 - Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome and Vienna airports.
1996 - Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
1997 - Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland.
2001 - The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
2002 - Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.
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