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==Events==

*[[1519]] - [[Hernán Cortés]] enters [[Tenochtitlán]] and [[Aztec]] ruler [[Moctezuma II|Moctezuma]] welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning [[god]].

*[[1520]] - [[Stockholm Bloodbath]] begins: A successful invasion of [[Sweden]] by [[Denmark|Danish]] forces under the command of [[Christian II of Denmark]] results in the execution of around 100 persons (mostly nobility and clergy involved in the previous Swedish war effort).

*[[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Pacification of Ghent]] - The [[Netherlands States-General|States-General]] of the [[Netherlands]] meet and unite to oppose [[Spain|Spanish]] occupation.

*[[1793]] - In [[Paris]], the [[French Revolution]]ary government opens the [[Louvre]] to the public as a [[museum]].

*[[1861]] - [[American Civil War]]: The "[[Trent Affair]]" – The ''[[USS San Jacinto]]'' stops the [[United Kingdom]] mailship ''Trent'' and arrests two [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] envoys, [[James Mason (Confederate)|James Mason]] and [[John Slidell]], sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.

*[[1864]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1864]]: [[Abraham Lincoln]] is reelected in an overwhelming victory over [[George McClellan]].

*[[1889]] - [[Montana]] is admitted as the 41st [[U.S. state]].

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* 1939 - In [[Munich]], [[Adolf Hitler]] narrowly escapes an assassination attempt while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the [[Beer Hall Putsch]].

*[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: [[Operation Torch]] - [[United States]] and [[United Kingdom]] forces land in [[French North Africa]].

*[[1950]] - [[Korean War]]: While in an [[F-80]], [[United States Air Force]] Lt. [[Russell J. Brown]] interceptsshoots down two [[North Korea]]n [[MiG-15]]s near the [[Yalu River]] and shots them down in the first [[jet aircraft]]-to-jet aircraft [[dogfight]] in history.

*[[1960]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1960]]: In a close race, [[John F. Kennedy]] is elected over [[Richard M. Nixon]], becoming the youngest man elected to that office.

*[[1965]] - The [[British Indian Ocean Territory]] is created, consisting of [[Chagos Archipelago]], [[Aldabra]], [[Farquhar]] and [[Des Roches]] islands (on [[June 23]], [[1976]] Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches were returned to [[Seychelles]]).

* 1965 - The soap opera ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' debuts.

*[[1966]] - Former [[Massachusetts]] Attorney General [[Edward Brooke]] becomes the first [[African-American]] elected to the [[United States Senate]].