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1438 - The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
1679 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament.
1742 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1776 - Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge, Massachusetts with the artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga.
1826 - Mississippi College is founded in Clinton, becoming the first college in the state of Mississippi.
1848 - California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
1857 - The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia.
1859 - Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.
1862 - Bucharest proclaimed capital of Romania.
1878 - The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
1916 - In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
1918 - The Gregorian calendar introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective from February 14(NS)
1924 - Petrograd, formerly Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad.
1943 - World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
1952 - Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor-General of Canada.
1961 - 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. One weapon nearly detonates; its uranium core is still lost.
1966 - An Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, killing 117.
1972 - Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
1977 - Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy.
1978 - Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor onboard, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
1984 - The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
1986 - Voyager 2 passes within 81,500;km (50,680 miles) of Uranus.
1993 - Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
1996 - Polish Premier Jozef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
2002 - American journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan.
2003 - The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
2009 - Pope Benedict XVI rescinds the excommunications of four bishops consecrated without papal consent in 1988 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.

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1 JanuaryDay of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Deň vzniku Slovenskej republiky)
6 JanuaryEpiphany (Święto Trzech Króli oraz Święto Bożego Narodzenia chrześcijan prawosławnych)
3 AprilGood Friday (Veľkonočný piatok)
6 AprilEaster Monday (Veľkonočný pondelok)
1 MayLabour Day (Sviatok práce)
8 MayVictory Day (Deň víťazstva nad fašizmom)
5 JulySaints Cyril and Methodius Day (Sviatok svätého Cyrila a Metoda)
29 AugustSlovak National Uprising anniversary (Výročie Slovenského národného povstania)
1 SeptemberConstitution Day (Deň Ústavy Slovenskej republiky)
15 SeptemberOur Lady of Sorrows (Sviatok Panny Márie Sedembolestnej, patrónky Slovenska)
1 NovemberAll Saints (Sviatok všetkých svätých)
17 NovemberStruggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (Deň boja za slobodu a demokraciu)
24 DecemberChristmas Eve (Štedrý deň)
25 DecemberChristmas (Prvý sviatok vianočný)
26 DecemberBoxing Day (Druhý sviatok vianočný)
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Capital: Bratislava
Official languages: Slovak
Government: Parliamentary republic
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Population: 5 455 000
Area: 49 035 km²
Religion: Catholicism (68,9 %), Lutheranism (6,93%), Orthodox Church (5,2%), Calvinism (1,9 %)
Time Zone:
UTC +1 winter
UTC +2 summer
Auto Code: SK
Internet TLD: .sk
Calling code: +421
Corporate Income Tax: 19,00%
Personal Income Tax: 19,00%
Value Added Tax: 19,00%
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