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660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. [ 1 ] 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus , heir to the Roman Empire , on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
Events 1752 – Pennsylvania Hospital , the first hospital in the United States , is opened by Benjamin Franklin . 1790 – Religious Society of Friends , also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery .
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis. Hamas announces the death of two Israeli hostages and says that eight others have been seriously injured by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past 96 hours.
The date was 29 January 1873 of the Gregorian calendar, [17] but later that year it was changed to 11 February, [18] [19] probably to avoid conflict with the celebrations of Lunar New Year. 11 February was also the day when the Constitution of the Empire of Japan was proclaimed in 1889. [5] [6]
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February 30, 1951, is the last night of the world in Ray Bradbury's short story "Last Night of the World". [22] June 31 is a fictional date in the Soviet film 31 June. It is also the date of a fictional RAF raid on Germany in Len Deighton's 1970 novel Bomber. December 32 or 32 December is the date of Hogswatchnight in Hogfather by Terry
The Chamber of Deputies votes down an appeal by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to extend the state of emergency beyond February 14. (Radio Prague International) COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Germany will close its border with the Czech Republic and Austria's Tyrol region beginning on the evening of February 14 because of a high risk of variants ...
International relations Sudan and South Sudan sign a non-aggression treaty. (IOL) Sir Mark Lyall Grant, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, describes claims by Argentina that the United Kingdom is militarising the Falkland Islands as "manifestly absurd". (Sky News) Law and crime Arid Uka, an Islamic extremist, is convicted in Germany of murdering two U.S ...