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1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
1778 - American Revolutionary War: 3,500 British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia without firing a shot.
1786 - French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.
1812 - The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.
1813 - British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
1835 - The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
1845 - Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
1851 - The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
1860 - The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched.
1876 - The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
1890 - United States soldiers kill more than 200 Oglala Lakota men, women, and children with 4 Hotchkiss guns in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
1911 - Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
1911 - Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty.
1930 - Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the Two-Nation Theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
1934 - Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
1937 - The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
1939 - First flight of the Consolidated B-24.
1940 - World War II: In The Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe firebombs London, killing almost 200 civilians.
1949 - KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
1972 - An Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed Tristar) crashes on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101.
1975 - A bomb explodes at La Guardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.
1989 - Václav Havel is elected president of Czechoslovakia. He becomes the first non-Communist to attain the post in more than four decades.
1989 - Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees.
1992 - Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
1996 - Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
1997 - Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
1998 - Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million.
2001 - A fire at the Mesa Redonda shopping center in Lima, Peru, kills at least 291.

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18 MarchAnniversary of the Death of President Said Mohamed Cheikh
30 MarchEnd of Ramadan (Eid El Fitr)
31 MarchEnd of Ramadan (Eid El Fitr)
1 AprilEnd of Ramadan (Eid El Fitr)
1 MayLabour Day
25 MayAfrican Liberation Day
29 MayAnniversary of the Death of President Ali Soilih
5 JuneSacrifice Feast (Eid El Adha)
6 JuneSacrifice Feast (Eid El Adha)
26 JuneIslamic New Year (El am Hejir)
5 JulyDay of Ashura (10 dzień Muhharam)
6 JulyIndependence Day
20 SeptemberBirth of the Prophet (Mouloud)
26 NovemberAnniversary of the Death of President Ahmed Abdallah
25 DecemberChristmas
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Union des Comores, الإتـحـاد القـمـري, Al-Ittihad al-Kumuri, Udzima wa Komori
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Capital: Moroni
Official languages: Arabic, Comorian, French
Government: Republic
Currency: Comoro Franc (KMF)
Population: 671 247
Area: 2 170 km²
Religion: Islam
Time Zone: UTC +3
Auto Code: COM
Internet TLD: .km
Calling code: +269
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