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1608 - Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1754 - French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
1767 - Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
1767 - Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1778 - American Revolutionary War: British forces massacre 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
1819 - The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
1839 - The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State College, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with 3 students.
1844 - The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
1848 - Slaves are freed in the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) by Peter von Scholten in the culmination of a year-long plot by enslaved Africans.
1849 - The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.
1852 - Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco, California.
1863 - U.S. Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
1866 - Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
1884 - Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average.
1886 - Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile.
1886 - The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
1890 - Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1898 - Spanish-American War: The Spanish fleet, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is destroyed by the U.S. Navy in Santiago, Cuba.
1913 - Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
1938 - World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 126;miles per hour (203;km/h).
1938 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
1940 - World War II: the French fleet of the Atlantic based at Mers el Kébir, is bombarded by the British fleet, coming from Gibraltar, causing the loss of three battleships: Dunkerque, Provence and Bretagne. One thousand two hundred sailors perish.
1944 - World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.
1952 - Puerto Rico's Constitution is approved by the Congress of the United States.
1952 - The SS;United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During this voyage, the SS United States takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS;Queen Mary
1962 - The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
1969 - The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
1970 - A British Dan-Air De Havilland Comet chartered jetliner crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 113 people.
1977 - The Senegalese Republican Movement is founded.
1979 - US President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
1986 - US President Ronald Reagan presides over the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty.
1988 - United States Navy warship USS;Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
1988 - The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus.
1994 - The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty six people are killed in crashes.
1996 - Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.
2001 - A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev TU-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145 people.
2004 - Official opening of Bangkok's subway system.
2005 - The national law legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect in Spain.
2006 - Asteroid 2004 XP14 flies within 432,308;kilometres (268,624;mi) of Earth.
2009 - Mark II.5 Skytrain cars enter service in Metro Vancouver.

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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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Kingdom of Belgium
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%
Value Added Tax: 6/21%
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