1. In 947, Yelü Deguang changed the state title to Liao in Kaifeng.
2. In 951, Liu Xiong declared himself emperor in Taiyuan, with Han as the state title, historically known as the Northern Han.
3. In 1786, Daniel Shays led a group of Massachusetts farmers in an uprising against high taxes and debt collection, which came to be known as Shays' Rebellion. It was a significant event that highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation in the United States.
4. In 1815, the Congress of Vienna, which aimed to redraw the political map of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars, was nearing its conclusion. The decisions made at this congress had a profound impact on the balance of power in Europe for decades to come.
5. In 1821, Mexico declared its independence from Spain.
6. In 1841, The First Opium War in China continued. British forces carried out military operations along the Chinese coast, and this war marked the beginning of China's forced opening up to the Western world under unequal treaties.
7. In 1848, The Communist Manifesto co-authored by Marx and Engels was first published in London.
8. In 1859, Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un ballo in maschera" (A Masked Ball) had its premiere at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
9. In 1863, Arizona was organized as a territory.
10. In 1867, the United States Senate ratified the treaty for the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. This vast territory, initially seen by some as a "Seward's Folly" (named after Secretary of State William H. Seward who negotiated the deal), turned out to be rich in natural resources.
11. In 1868, the House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by the Senate.
12. In 1870, the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. It granted African American men the right to vote, though it would take many more years and additional struggles for full voting rights to be realized.
13. In 1881, Zeng Jize, dispatched by the Qing government, signed the Treaty of Ili with Tsarist Russia in St. Petersburg, ceding 70,000 square kilometers of land to Tsarist Russia and paying 9 million rubles in compensation.
14. In 1895, Cuban revolutionary leader José Martí launched the Cuban War of Independence against Spain. Martí's efforts were crucial in the fight for Cuban sovereignty and national identity.
15. In 1900, the Boer War in South Africa continued. The British and the Boers (Dutch descendants in South Africa) were engaged in a bitter conflict over territory and political control.
16. In 1903, the United States signed an agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
17. In 1911, Italian troops captured Tripoli during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912), which was part of Italy's expansionist efforts in North Africa.
18. In 1916, During World War One, the Battle of Verdun continued. It was one of the longest and bloodiest battles in human history, with both the French and German armies suffering heavy casualties.
19. In 1920, a fledgling German political party held its first important meeting in Munich; it became known as the Nazi Party, and its chief spokesman was Adolf Hitler.
20. In 1922, Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime in Italy issued the Acerbo Law, which gave a large majority of seats in the Italian parliament to the party that received the most votes in an election, effectively strengthening the Fascist hold on power.
21. In 1928, The Chinese Communist Party established the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base, which was an important early stronghold for the communist movement in China under the leadership of Mao Zedong and Zhu De.
22. In 1933, Adolf Hitler, after being appointed Chancellor of Germany, began to systematically suppress political opposition. The Reichstag fire on February 27 was used as a pretext to further crack down on the Communist Party and other opponents of the Nazi regime.
23. In 1935, Qu Qiubai was arrested in Changting County, Fujian Province and was executed on June 18.
24. In 1936, The Popular Front in France was formed. It was a coalition of left-wing political parties that aimed to counter the rise of fascism and implement social reforms.
25. In 1940, The Soviet Union and Finland signed the Moscow Peace Treaty, ending the Winter War. Finland was forced to cede significant territory to the Soviet Union.
26. In 1942, During World War Two, Japanese forces continued their advance in Southeast Asia. They were making significant gains in countries like Singapore and Malaysia, which had a major impact on the Allied war effort in the region.
27. In 1945, American soldiers liberated the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese control during World War Two.
28. In 1947, The British government announced its decision to withdraw from India, setting in motion a process that would lead to India's independence and partition in 1947.
29. In 1948, the Yichuan Campaign began.
30. In 1949, in the First Middle East War, Egypt was defeated and signed an armistice agreement with Israel on the Greek island of Rhodes. Except for the Gaza Strip, the entire Negev region was ceded to Israel.
31. In 1950, The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution condemning North Korea's invasion of South Korea, which led to the start of the Korean War.
32. In 1955, the Cole Porter musical "Silk Stockings" opened at the Imperial Theater on Broadway.
33. In 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev delivered a "Secret Speech" at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, denouncing the excesses of Joseph Stalin's regime. This speech had a profound impact on the international communist movement.
34. In 1960, Four African countries (Togo, Mali, Dahomey, now Benin, and Niger) gained independence from France. This was part of the wave of decolonization in Africa during the 1960s.
35. In 1966, The Chinese Communist Party launched the "Cultural Revolution." This ten-year political movement had a far-reaching and complex impact on China's social, political, and economic life.
36. In 1971, The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was formed when six of the seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, and Fujairah) merged. Ras Al Khaimah joined later in 1972.
37. In 1974, Cyprus was invaded by Turkey following a Greek Cypriot coup. This led to the division of the island into the Greek Cypriot south and the Turkish Cypriot north, a situation that persists to this day.
38. In 1975, King Birendra of Nepal held his coronation ceremony in the capital Kathmandu, becoming the only Indian general in the world.
39. In 1980, the US hockey team defeated Finland 4-2 to clinch the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York.
40. In 1981, Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain's Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
41. In 1983, a congressional commission released a report condemning the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War Two as a "grave injustice."
42. In 1984, The Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, were held. It was a significant international sporting event that brought athletes from around the world together.
43. In 1989, a state funeral was held in Japan for Emperor Hirohito, who had died the month before at age 87.
44. In 1990, East and West Germany signed a treaty on the monetary, economic, and social union, which was an important step towards German reunification later that year.
45. In 1991, the multinational forces led by the United States launched a large-scale ground offensive into Kuwait and Iraq, and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced the withdrawal from Kuwait.
46. In 1993, The World Trade Center in New York City was bombed by terrorists. A truck bomb exploded in the underground parking garage, killing six people and injuring hundreds.
47. In 1997, The United States and North Korea reached an agreement on the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO). The deal aimed to freeze North Korea's nuclear program in exchange for the construction of light water reactors.
48. In 2004, The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed to establish a community similar to that of the European Union by 2020, which included an economic, security, and socio-cultural community to enhance regional cooperation and integration.
49. In 2008, Demetris Christofias was elected President of Cyprus, becoming the first communist head of state in an EU country.
50. In 2016, a Nepal Airlines passenger plane crashed in Nepal, killing all 23 people on board.
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