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1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1764 - The city of St. Louis, Missouri is established.
1805 - Harmony Society is officially formed.
1835 - The first constitutional law in modern Serbia was adopted.
1852 - Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits its first patient.
1862 - American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
1879 - Women's rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
1891 - AIK is founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens.
1898 - Spanish-American War: The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
1906 - The British Labour Party is organised.
1933 - In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago, Illinois Mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
1942 - World War II: The Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. The Sook Ching massacre begins.
1944 - World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy, begins.
1950 - The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty.
1952 - King George VI is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
1961 - Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, with the entire United States Figure Skating team, several coaches and family.
1965 - A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
1970 - A Dominican DC-9 crashes into the sea during takeoff from Santo Domingo, killing 102.
1971 - Decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
1972 - Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
1976 - The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by the national referendum.
1980 - Television One and Television Two (formerly South Pacific Television) under the newly formed Television New Zealand goes to air for the first time.
1982 - The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 rig workers.
1989 - Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
1991 - The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
1996 - At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
1999 - Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party, widely recognized as terrorist organization), is arrested in Kenya.
2000 - Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
2001 - First draft of the complete Human Genome is published in Nature
2002 - At the Tri-State Crematory in La Fayette, Georgia, investigators find uncremated bodies disposed of in the woods and buildings on the crematorium's property. The discovery reveals one of the worst incidents of abuse in the funeral service industry.
2003 - Protests against the Iraq war occur in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between 8 million to 30 million people took part, making this the largest peace demonstration in the history of the world.
2005 - YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States.

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2026

1 JanuaryIndependence Day (Independence Day)
2 JanuaryAncestry Day
13 FebruaryCarnival
14 FebruaryCarnival
3 AprilGood Friday
1 MayLabour Day (Labour Day)
17 MayAscension of Jesus
18 MayFlags and Universities Day
4 JuneCorpus Cristi (Corpus Cristi)
15 AugustAssumption of Mary
17 OctoberOctober Death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
1 NovemberAll Saints
2 NovemberAll Souls' Day
18 NovemberArmy Day (Armed Forces Day)
25 DecemberChristmas
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Republic of Haiti - FlagRepublic of Haiti - Coat of arms
Republic of Haiti - Location
Capital: Port-au-Prince
Official languages: French, Haitian Creole
Government: Republic
Currency: Gourde (HTG)
Population: 8 925 000
Area: 27 750 km²
Religion: Catholicism (80%)
Time Zone: UTC -5
Auto Code: HT
Internet TLD: .ht
Calling code: +509
Corporate Income Tax: 10-30%
Personal Income Tax: 10-30%
Value Added Tax: 10%
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