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This Day in History
- 2025A hotel fire at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkey's Bolu Province resulted in the deaths of 78 people.
- 2023Eleven people were killed and nine others were injured during a shooting at a dance studio located in Monterey Park, California.
- 2017Millions of people took part in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and globally to advocate for human rights and other issues through legislation and policies.
- 2011Protests against alleged government corruption in Albania resulted in the Republican Guard killing four demonstrators in Tirana.
- 1997Voting 395–28, the U.S. House of Representatives reprimanded Newt Gingrich for ethics violations. This action made him the first Speaker of the House to receive such discipline.
- 1981The DeLorean Motor Company completed the initial production car of the DMC DeLorean at its manufacturing plant in Northern Ireland.
- 1976Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic airliner, commenced scheduled commercial flights serving London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.
- 1972Tripura, which was previously a part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, was officially made a state of India.
- 1968Carrying four nuclear weapons, a B-52 bomber crashed onto sea ice close to Thule Air Base in Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.
- 1968During the Vietnam War, the People's Army of Vietnam initiated the Battle of Khe Sanh by attacking Khe Sanh Combat Base, a U.S. Marines outpost in Quảng Trị province, South Vietnam.
- 1951Mount Lamington, a volcano situated in Papua New Guinea, erupted and killed more than 2,900 people.
- 1931Isaac Isaacs became the first Australian-born individual to serve as the governor-general of Australia.
- 1919Meeting at the Mansion House in Dublin, the First Dáil adopted a declaration of independence that called for establishing the Irish Republic.
- 1793During the French Revolution, Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in Paris after the National Convention convicted him of high treason.
- 1757During the French and Indian War, French regulars, Canadien militia, and Indigenous forces ambushed Rogers' Rangers forces during the Battle on Snowshoes.
- 1326King Edward II of England issued a royal charter confirming Adam de Brome's establishment of Oriel College, Oxford.