1883:
The 1st electric commercial railway line started operations in Chicago
1898:
New Territories of Hong Kong were leased by China to Great Britain for 99 years
1923:
Bulgarian Premier Stamboeliski and King Boris III were over thrown
1929:
Dutch hostages were set free by Venezuelan rebel, Urbina
1933:
President Zamora went into power in Spain
1940:
Norway surrendered to Germany during World War II
1941:
1,500 people died after an explosion in Belgrade killed 1,500 people
1946:
Bhumibol Adulyadej became the king of Thailand
1960:
Typhoon in China left at least 1,600 people dead
1971:
Abdul Zahir was appointed as the Premier of Afghanistan
1975:
House of Commons was broadcasted live on radio for the 1st time
1982:
General Efrain Montt declared himself as the President of Guatemala
1994:
South Mexico was hit by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake
2011:
Six women in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia were arrested for practicing driving in an
empty car lot
2012: Spain
confirmed its receipt of over 100 billion euros in loans to help manage needs
of struggling banks in Spain
2014: Russia tried
to intimidate Finland to prevent them from joining NATO by giving a world war
III threat
2015: HSBC bank in
a bid to restructure itself to improve profitability announced its plans to
sack about 8,000 workers in the UK.
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