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Burmese Martyrs' Day | refimprove section |
Independence Day in Laos (1949) | refimprove |
64 – The Great Fire of Rome started among the shops around the Circus Maximus, eventually destroying three of fourteen Roman districts and severely damaging seven others. | refimprove section |
1333 – Second War of Scottish Independence: Scottish forces under Sir Archibald Douglas were heavily defeated by the English at the Battle of Halidon Hill while trying to relieve Berwick-upon-Tweed. | needs more footnotes |
1870 – A dispute over who would become the next Spanish monarch following the deposition of Isabella II during the 1868 Glorious Revolution led France to declare war on Prussia. | unreferenced section |
1919 – Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of the First World War, English ex-servicemen who were unhappy with unemployment and other grievances rioted and burnt down the Luton Town Hall. | refimprove |
1947 – Centrist Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung was assassinated by an active member of a nationalist right-wing group. | multiple issues |
1947 – Burmese nationalist Aung San and six members of his newly formed cabinet were assassinated during a cabinet meeting. | multiple issues |
1979 – Sandinista rebels overthrew the US-backed government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua. | refimprove section |
Richard Leveridge (b. 1670) · Mangal Pandey (b. 1827) · Yekaterina Budanova (d. 1943)