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Midsummer festivities (Southern Hemisphere, 2011); | Brazil is the only Southern Hemisphere country listed in the article |
Mother's Day in Indonesia | refimprove section |
1216 – Pope Honorius III issued the papal bull Religiosam vitam to establish the Dominican Order. | refimprove |
1808 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, Fourth Piano Concerto, and Choral Fantasy were premiered in a concert at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. | 5th: refimprove sections |
1864 – American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea ended with the capture of Savannah, Georgia. | refimprove section |
1885 – Itō Hirobumi, a samurai from Chōshū, became the first prime minister of Japan. | refimprove section, neutrality issues |
1944 – Vietnamese revolutionary Hồ Chí Minh formed the People's Army of Vietnam to drive French colonialists and Japanese occupiers out of Indochina. | refimprove |
1944 – World War II: U.S. Army General Anthony McAuliffe responded to the German ultimatum of surrender during the Battle of the Bulge with a single word, "NUTS!" | refimprove |
1947 – The Constitution of the Italian Republic was enacted by the Constituent Assembly. | refimprove |
1963 – A total of 128 people died when the ocean liner TSMS Lakonia burned at sea 180 miles (290 km) north of Madeira. | refimprove |
1974 – Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli voted to become the independent nation of the Comoros. | unreferenced section |
1978 – The Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China opened, where Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and other party officials agreed to launch economic reforms and to open up China. | refimprove |
1987 – The Zimbabwe African National Union and Zimbabwe African People's Union agreed to merge, bringing an end to the Gukurahundi, the suppression of predominantly Ndebele civilians by the 5th Brigade. | refimprove section |
1989 – Romanian Revolution: After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu took over as president of Romania, ending the Communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu. | outdated, expansion |
1989 – Berlin's historic Brandenburg Gate re-opened after nearly 30 years, symbolizing the unity of East and West Germany. | refimprove section |
1990 – The Parliament of Croatia adopted the country's current constitution. | refimprove section |
2001 – CC the cat, the first cloned pet, was born. | stubby |
* 1971 – Two groups of French doctors involved in humanitarian aid merged to form Médecins Sans Frontières. | Tagged for COI |