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1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
1077 - The first Parliament of Friuli is created.
1559 - The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
1834 - The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
1860 - The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.
1865 - American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
1882 - American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.
1885 - Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
1895 - Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
1917 - Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia from exile, marking the beginning of Bolshevik leadership in the Russian Revolution.
1922 - Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1929 - RMS;Queen Mary is ordered from John Brown & Company Shipbuilding and Engineering by Cunard Line.
1936 - Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh II, the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
1942 - World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
1946 - Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
1948 - President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1948 - In Jeju, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju massacre.
1955 - The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
1956 - Hudsonville-Standale Tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
1969 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
1973 - The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States.
1974 - The Super Outbreak occurs, the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
1975 - Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
1982 - The United Kingdom sends a naval task force to the south Atlantic to reclaim the disputed Falkland Islands from Argentina.
1996 - Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his cabin in Montana, United States.
1996 - A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.
1997 - The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
2000 - United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
2004 - Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
2007 - Conventional-Train World Speed Record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
2008 - ATA Airlines, once one of the 10 largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in 5 years and ceases all operations.
2009 - Australia formally adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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1 JanuaryNew Year's Day (nl:Nieuwjaar, fr:Nouvel An, de:Neujahr)
20 AprilEaster (nl:Pasen, fr:Pâques, de:Ostern)
21 AprilEaster Monday (nl:Paasmaandag, fr:Lundi de Pâques, de:Ostermontag)
1 MayLabour Day (nl:Dag van de arbeid, fr:Fête du Travail, de:Tag der Arbeit)
8 JunePentecost (nl:Pinksteren, fr:Pentecôte, de:Pfingsten)
11 JulyDay of the Flemish Community (nl: Feestdag van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, fr: La fête de la communautéflamande, de: Feiertag der Flämischen Gemeinschaft)
21 JulyNational Day (nl:Nationale feestdag, fr:Fête nationale, de:Nationalfeiertag)
15 AugustAssumption of Mary (nl:Pinkstermaandag, fr:Lundi de Pentecôte, de:Pfingstmontag)
1 NovemberAll Saints (nl:Allerheiligen, fr:Toussaint, de:Allerheiligen)
11 NovemberArmistice Day (nl:Wapenstilstand, fr:Jour de l'armistice, de:Waffenstillstand)
15 NovemberDay of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (nl:Koningsdag, fr:Fête du Roi, de:Festtag des Königs)
25 DecemberChristmas (nl:Kerstmis, fr:Noël, de:Weihnacht)
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Royaume de Belgique, Koninkrijk België, Königreich Belgien
Kingdom of Belgium - FlagKingdom of Belgium - Coat of arms
Kingdom of Belgium - Location
Capital: Brussels
Official languages: Dutch, French, German
Government: Constitutional monarchy
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Population: 10 584 534
Area: 30 528 km²
Religion: Catholicism
Time Zone:
UTC +1 winter
UTC +2 summer
Auto Code: B
Internet TLD: .be
Calling code: +32
Corporate Income Tax: 33.99%
Personal Income Tax: 25-50%
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