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1387 - Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona.
1649 - The Frondeurs and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.
1702 - The Daily Courant, the UK's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
1708 - Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
1824 - The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
1845 - The Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
1848 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
1851 - The first performance of Rigoletto, written by Verdi.
1861 - American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
1864 - The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.
1867 - The first performance of Don Carlos written by Verdi.
1872 - Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
1872 - The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
1888 - The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
1917 - World War I: Baghdad falls to the Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
1927 - In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
1931 - Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
1941 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
1942 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur abandons Corregidor.
1945 - World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
1977 - The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
1978 - Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Palestinian terrorists hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the Soviet Union's leader.
1990 - Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
1990 - Patricio Aylwin is sworn-in as the first democratically elected Chilean president since 1970.
1993 - Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
1996 - The EU Database Directive is passed.
1999 - Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
2004 - Madrid Train Bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid (Spain) kill 191 people.
2005 - Brian Nichols goes on shooting ramapage at Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, killing three. He kills a fourth person before surrendering to the police the next day.
2006 - Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
2009 - Winnenden school shooting – 17 people are killed at a school in Germany.

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Republic of Seychelles
Repiblik Sesel République des Seychelles Republic of Seychelles
Republic of Seychelles - FlagRepublic of Seychelles - Coat of arms
Republic of Seychelles - Location
Capital: Victoria
Official languages: English, French, Seychellois Creole
Government: Republic
Currency: Seychelles Rupee (SCR)
Population: 81 188
Area: 455 km²
Religion: Catholicism
Time Zone: UTC +4
Auto Code: SY
Internet TLD: .sc
Calling code: +248
Corporate Income Tax: 40%
Personal Income Tax: 0%
Value Added Tax: 12-15%
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