1990 US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from space

1991 Cyclone kills 125,000 in Bangladesh

1998 Secessionist rebels and the Papua New Guinea government sign a permanent ceasefire, ending a nine-year rebellion on the South Pacific island of Bougainville.

1789 George Washington becomes the first US President

1798 US department of Navy established

1803 Louisiana sold to the United States by France

1970 American troops enter Cambodia, Asia

1975 The Vietnam war ends, with the South surrendering to the North

1777 The birth of Karl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician

1870 The birth of Franz Lehar, Hungarian composer

1909 The birth of Queen Juliana Of Holland

1926 The birth of Cloria Leachman, American actress

2005 Attacks on tourists in the Egyptian capital Cairo leave three militants dead and at least ten people injured.

2006 In the Australian Football League, a match between St Kilda and Fremantle ends in controversial circumstances after St Kilda's Steven Baker was alleged to have kicked a behind after the final siren had went. Following an investigation, the Saints were stripped of two competition points and the full win was handed to Fremantle.

2009 Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

2009 Failed attack on e Dutch Royal Family results in 7 deas and 17 injured.

2009 e United Kingdom formally ends combat operations in Iraq.

2009 e United Kingdom formally ends combat operations in Iraq.

2009 Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

2009 Failed attack on e Dutch Royal Family results in 7 deas and 17 injured.

2009 e United Kingdom formally ends combat operations in Iraq.

2009 e United Kingdom formally ends combat operations in Iraq.

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