1999 Yugoslav and NATO generals sign a Kosovo peace pact, ending 78 days of NATO airstrikes.

1897 Japan protests United States' takeover of Hawaii

1898 China leases Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years

1931 The rocket-fueled aircraft design is patented by Robet Goddard

1672 The birth of Peter The Great, Tsar Of Russia

1875 The birth of Sir Henry Dale, English physiologist and Nobel prize winner

1893 The birth of Cole Porter, American composer of musicals

2006 An explosion kills eight Palestinian civilians on a Gaza beach. Israel denies responsibility for the blast.

2006 Thailand begins celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the accession of Bhumibol Adulyadej to the throne.

2006 The 2006 FIFA World Cup begins in Germany.

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