Darwin
1834: Charles Darwin climbs Mt campana in Chile.
Lincoln
1861: President Abraham Lincoln prohibits Union States from trading with Confederacy.
Madonna
1864: The Dominican Republic regains its independence after 4 years of fighting against the Spanish annexation.
1946: Direct Action Day: widespread riots erupt in Calcutta between Muslims and Hindus over whether Pakistan should be a separate state, killing over 4,000 and leaving 100,000 homeless.
1948: Arabs blow up Latrun Pumping station in Jerusalem.
Israeli pound becomes legal tender.
1961: Martin L. King protests for black voting right in Miami.
1972: Morocco king Hassan II’s B727 shot during failed coup attempt by General Mohammed Oufkir. Reportedly, king Has a an grabbed the walkie talkie and told the rebel pilots “stop firing! The tyrant is dead”, fooling pilots to break off attack.
1986: Maddona’s ” True Blue” album goes #1 for 5 weeks.
2008: Usain Bolt sets a new 100-meters world record of 9.69 seconds at the Beijing 2008 summer Olympics.
2012: South African police opens fire on striking mine workers and kill at least 34 people.
2016: Wildfire breakers out in San Bernardino county, California, engulfing 15,000 acres, prompting evacuation of 82,000 people.
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