* [[1868]] – Ōdate, the last castle of the ”'[[Satake clan]]”’ in Japan’s [[Tōhoku region]], was captured during the [[Boshin War]].
* [[1868]] – Ōdate, the last castle of the ”'[[Satake clan]]”’ in Japan’s [[Tōhoku region]], was captured during the [[Boshin War]].
* [[1985]] – During ”'[[1985 Puerto Rico floods|severe floods]]”’ in Puerto Rico, about 130 people died as a result of the deadliest single [[landslide]] ”(pictured)” on record in North America.
* [[1985]] – During ”'[[1985 Puerto Rico floods|severe floods]]”’ in Puerto Rico, about 130 people died as a result of the deadliest single [[landslide]] ”(pictured)” on record in North America.
* [[2023]] – [[Palestinian nationalism|Palestinian nationalist]] groups launched ”'[[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel|armed incursions]]”’ into the [[Gaza Strip Envelope]], starting the [[Israel–Hamas war]].
* [[2023]] [[Palestinian nationalism|Palestinian nationalist]] groups launched ”'[[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel|armed incursions]]”’ into the [[Gaza Strip Envelope]], starting the [[Israel–Hamas war]].
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Hua Guofeng
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Model T production at the Highland Park Ford Plant
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Iskander Mirza
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| Feast day of St. Osyth | needs more footnotes |
| 1542 – Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo became the first European to set foot on Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of California. | orange unreferenced section banner |
| 1691 – The North American crown colony Province of Massachusetts Bay received its royal charter from King William and Queen Mary. | unreferenced section |
| 1868 – Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, was established, with an initial enrollment of 412 men the next day. | Too much uncited |
| 1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange, located in Helsinki, Finland, saw its first transaction. | refimprove |
| 1913 – The Highland Park Ford Plant in the Detroit area of Michigan became the world’s first car factory to implement a moving assembly line (pictured), eventually reducing Ford Model T production time from 12 hours to 93 minutes. | many cn tags |
| 1919 – KLM, the Dutch flag-carrier airline, was founded by Albert Plesman and seven others. | inappropriate tone |
| 1933 – Five French airline companies merged to form Air France. | refimprove section, date not cited |
| 1949 – East Berlin and the Soviet zone of Occupied Germany became the German Democratic Republic. | refimprove section |
| 1958 – Attempting to control the political instability in Pakistan, President Iskander Mirza suspended the 1956 constitution, imposed martial law, and dissolved the National Assembly. | unreferenced section |
| 1959 – Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 captured the first photographs of the far side of the Moon. | refimprove |
| 1976 – Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Communist Party of China. | refimprove sections |
| 1985 – The Mediterranean ocean liner MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by Palestine Liberation Front terrorists while sailing from Alexandria to Port Said within Egypt. | refimprove |
| 1993 – The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood came to an end after 103 days, as the Mississippi River at St. Louis finally dropped below flood stage. | refimprove section |
| 2001 – War on Terrorism: The War in Afghanistan began with an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. | War: section needs rewrite; Invasion: refimprove section |
| 2003 – Californians voted to recall governor Gray Davis from office and elected Arnold Schwarzenegger from a list of 135 candidates. | refimprove section |
| Charles the Simple |d|929 | lots of CN tags (8) |
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Landslide in Mameyes, Puerto Rico
