* [[1888]] – The ”'[[Rudd Concession]]”’ ”(pictured)” was granted by [[Matabeleland]] to agents of [[Cecil Rhodes]].
* [[1888]] – The ”'[[Rudd Concession]]”’ ”(pictured)” was granted by [[Matabeleland]] to agents of [[Cecil Rhodes]].
* [[1965]] – English model [[Jean Shrimpton]] wore ”'[[White shift dress of Jean Shrimpton|a controversially short minidress]]”'<!– ”(pictured)”–> to [[Victoria Derby|Derby Day]] at [[Flemington Racecourse]] in Melbourne, Australia – a pivotal moment of the introduction of the [[miniskirt]] to women’s fashion.
* [[1965]] – English model [[Jean Shrimpton]] wore ”'[[White shift dress of Jean Shrimpton|a controversially short minidress]]”'<!– ”(pictured)”–> to [[Victoria Derby|Derby Day]] at [[Flemington Racecourse]] in Melbourne, Australia – a pivotal moment of the introduction of the [[miniskirt]] to women’s fashion.
* [[1985]] – [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] lifted off for mission ”'[[STS-61-A]]”’, its final mission before [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|breaking apart months later]].
* [[1985]] – [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] lifted off for mission ”'[[STS-61-A]]”’, its final mission before [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|breaking apart months later]].
* [[1995]] – [[Quebec]] citizens narrowly voted in favour of remaining a [[province of Canada]] in their [[1995 Quebec referendum|”’second referendum”’]] on national sovereignty.
* [[1995]] – [[Quebec]] citizens narrowly voted in favour of remaining a [[province of Canada]] in their [[1995 Quebec referendum|”’second referendum”’]] on national sovereignty.
* [[2020]] – A [[2020 Aegean Sea earthquake|”’magnitude 7.0 earthquake”’]] strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami.
* [[2020]] – A [[2020 Aegean Sea earthquake|”’magnitude 7.0 earthquake”’]] strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami.
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| Thevar Jayanthi in Tamil Nadu, India; | multiple issues |
| 1270 – An agreement between Charles I of Naples, King of Sicily, and Muhammad I al-Mustansir, ruler of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya, ended the Eighth Crusade and opened up free trade between the Christians and Tunis. | refimprove section |
| 1226 – Trần Thủ Độ, head of the Trần clan of Vietnam, forced Lý Huệ Tông, the last emperor of the Lý dynasty, to commit suicide. | date not certain (see Talk:Trần Thủ Độ) |
| 1485 – Having seized the English throne after the Wars of the Roses, Henry VII (pictured) was crowned at Westminster Abbey. | lots of CN tags (20) |
| 1905 – Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II reluctantly signed the October Manifesto, establishing the State Duma as the elected legislature in the Russian Empire. | unreferenced section |
| 1918 – The Armistice of Mudros was signed in Greece, ending hostilities in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I and paving the way for the occupation of Istanbul and the subsequent partition of the Ottoman Empire. | Date not cited in the article |
| 1942 – Second World War: British sailors boarded German submarine U-559 as it was sinking and retrieved cryptographic materials that proved crucial to breaking the Enigma code. | unreferenced section |
| 1950 – Blanca Canales led the Jayuya Uprising against the U.S.-supported Puerto Rican government. | Unreliable sources |
| 1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the precursor to the World Trade Organization, was signed by 23 nations to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers. | refimprove, summarize section |
| 1961 – The Soviet hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated, was set off over Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Ocean as a test. | unreferenced section |
| 1973 – Istanbul‘s 1,510-metre (4,950 ft) long Bosphorus Bridge was completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus Strait. | refimprove |
| 1974 – In one of boxing’s most famous fights, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman at The Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire. | refimprove |
| 1997 – Nineteen-year-old British au pair Louise Woodward was convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen in Newton, Massachusetts. | refimprove |
| 2015 – Improper usage of indoor pyrotechnics caused a nightclub fire in Bucharest that killed 64 and injured another 147. | section needs to be summarized |
| Hilja Riipinen |b|1883| | Birthday not cited |
| Makoto Kanoh |b|1950| | Stub |
| Florence Nagle |d|1988| | Deathday not cited |
Eligible
Miloš Trifunović |b|1871| Dave Gallaher |b|1873| Gustav Ludwig Hertz |d|1975| Jam Master Jay |d|2002|
Notes
Rudd Concession
