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Events

1590 - Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.
1661 - Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.
1666 - Great Fire of London ends: 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral are destroyed, but only 16 people are known to have died.
1698 - In an effort to move his people away from archaic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards.
1725 - Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
1774 - First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1781 - Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War.
1793 - French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
1798 - Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
1800 - Malta is conquered by Great Britain.
1812 - War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.
1816 - Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
1836 - Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1839 - The First Opium War begins in China.
1840 - Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.
1862 - American Civil War: the Potomac River is crossed at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
1864 - Achille François Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
1877 - Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
1882 - The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1887 - Fire at Theatre Royal in Exeter, England killed 186
1905 - Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
1906 - The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22-0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
1914 - World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
1915 - The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
1918 - Decree "On Red Terror" is published in Russia
1927 - The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
1932 - The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
1937 - Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls.
1938 - Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are assassinated in the Seguro Obrero massacre.
1939 - World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.
1942 - World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.
1943 - World War II: The 503d Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Nazdab, near Lae in the Salamaua-Lae campaign.
1944 - Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
1945 - Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
1945 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
1948 - In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
1957 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
1960 - The poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
1961 - The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.
1969 - My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1970 - Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: the United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thua Thien province.
1972 - Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack and take hostage 11 Israel athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day.
1975 - Sacramento, California: a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson, Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1977 - Hanns Martin Schleyer, is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany by the Red Army Faction and is later murdered.
1977 - Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
1978 - Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
1980 - The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.224;km) stretching from Goschenen to Airolo.
1984 - STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
1984 - Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
1986 - Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
1990 - Eastern University massacre, massacre of 158 Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan army at the Eastern University in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
2000 - The Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry makes its maiden voyage.
2005 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.
2007 - Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.

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2026

21 FebruaryLanguage Martyrs' Day (Shohid Dibôsh, শহীদ দিবস)
20 MarchEnd of Ramadhan (Rojar Eid, রোজার ঈদ)
26 MarchIndependence Day (Shadhinota Dibôsh, স্বাধীনতা দিবস)
1 MayLabour Day (Me Dibôsh, মে দিবস)
26 MaySacrifice Feast (Korbani Eid, কোরবানি ঈদ)
24 AugustKrishna Janmashtami (Sri Krishno Jônmashṭomi, শ্রী কৃষ্ণ জন্মাষ্টমী)
5 SeptemberBengali New Year (Pôhela Boishakh', পহেলা বৈশাখ)
5 SeptemberBuddha's Birthday (Buddho Purnima, বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা)
9 OctoberVijaya Dasami (Durga Puja, দুর্গা পূজা)
16 DecemberVictory Day (Bijôe Dibôsh, বিজয় দিবস)
25 DecemberChristmas (Bôṛodin, বড়দিন)
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People's Republic of Bangladesh - FlagPeople's Republic of Bangladesh - Coat of arms
People's Republic of Bangladesh - Location
Capital: Dhaka
Official languages: Bengali
Government: Republic
Currency: Taka (BDT)
Population: 153 547 000
Area: 144 000 km²
Religion: Islam (83%), Hinduism (16%)
Time Zone: UTC +6
Auto Code: BD
Internet TLD: .bd
Calling code: +880
Corporate Income Tax: 0-45%
Personal Income Tax: 0-25%
Value Added Tax: 4-15%
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