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1065 - Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins.
1612 - Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
1768 - King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
1795 - Construction of Yonge Street, the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto, Ontario).
1832 - John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.
1835 - Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
1836 - South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
1836 - Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
1846 - Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
1867 - United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
1879 - The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
1895 - The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines marking the debut of the cinema.
1908 - An earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000.
1912 - The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
1929 - "Black Saturday" in Samoa: New Zealand colonial police kill 11 unarmed demonstrators, an event which leads the Mau movement to demand independence for Samoa.
1935 - Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union.
1943 - World War II – After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
1944 - Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score 8 points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
1945 - The Congress of the United States officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance.
1948 - The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
1950 - The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
1958 - "Greatest Game Ever Played" – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
1973 - The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
1974 - Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.
1981 - The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia.
1989 - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
1999 - Saparmurat Niyazov is proclaimed President for Life in Turkmenistan.
2000 - U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
2007 - Nepal declares a federal democratic Republic by interim parliament, abolishing the monarchy.
2008 - The Detroit Lions finished the season 0-16 with a 31-21 lost to the Green Bay Packers The first time in National Football League history that a team went winless in a 16-game season.

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2025

18 MarchAnniversary of the Death of President Said Mohamed Cheikh
30 MarchEnd of Ramadan (Eid El Fitr)
31 MarchEnd of Ramadan (Eid El Fitr)
1 AprilEnd of Ramadan (Eid El Fitr)
1 MayLabour Day
25 MayAfrican Liberation Day
29 MayAnniversary of the Death of President Ali Soilih
5 JuneSacrifice Feast (Eid El Adha)
6 JuneSacrifice Feast (Eid El Adha)
26 JuneIslamic New Year (El am Hejir)
5 JulyDay of Ashura (10 dzień Muhharam)
6 JulyIndependence Day
20 SeptemberBirth of the Prophet (Mouloud)
26 NovemberAnniversary of the Death of President Ahmed Abdallah
25 DecemberChristmas
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Union of the Comoros
Union des Comores, الإتـحـاد القـمـري, Al-Ittihad al-Kumuri, Udzima wa Komori
Union of the Comoros - FlagUnion of the Comoros - Coat of arms
Union of the Comoros - Location
Capital: Moroni
Official languages: Arabic, Comorian, French
Government: Republic
Currency: Comoro Franc (KMF)
Population: 671 247
Area: 2 170 km²
Religion: Islam
Time Zone: UTC +3
Auto Code: COM
Internet TLD: .km
Calling code: +269
Corporate Income Tax: 50%
Personal Income Tax: 30%
Value Added Tax: 10%
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