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1660 – The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.; 1891 – Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
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An annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the anniversary of a number of disasters in Jewish history. (see description) Double Ninth Festival: Chung Yeung Festival: China, Vietnam, Korea: A traditional Chinese holiday observed on the 9th day of the 9th month in the Chinese calendar. [9] October 10: Double Ten Day: National Celebration Day
October 20 is the 293rd day of the year ... designed the Natural History Museum of Basel (d. 1854) 1808 – Karl Andree, ... On This Day "Historical Events on October ...
August 27 is the 239th day of the year ... The shortest war in world history ... On This Day "Historical Events on August 27". OnThisDay.com.
November 12 is the 316th day of the year ... becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history. ... On This Day "Historical Events on November 12". OnThisDay.com.
Medal of Honor Day (United States) Mother's Day ; New Year's Day in England, Wales, Ireland, and some of the future United States and Canada from 1155 through 1751, until the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 moved it to 1 January and adopted the Gregorian calendar. (The year 1751 began on 25 March; the year 1752 began on 1 January.) NZ Army Day
1822 – At least 113 people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history. 1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory . 1865 – Conclusion of the American Civil War : The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith , commander of the Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the ...