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33 – According to one historian’s account, Jesus Christ ‘s Last Supper is held.[1] [2] 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.1545 – Potosí , Bolivia , is founded after the discovery of huge silver deposits in the area.1572 – In the Eighty Years’ War , the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces , gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic .1625 – A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War .1789 – In New York City , the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker .1833 – The Convention of 1833 , a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin .1865 – American Civil War : Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett , cutting the Army of Northern Virginia ‘s last supply line.1867 – Singapore becomes a British crown colony .1873 – The White Star steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia , killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.1908 – The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.1918 – The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service .1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the “Beer Hall Putsch ” but spends only nine months in jail.1924 – The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.1935 – India’s central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India , is formed.1937 – Aden becomes a British crown colony .1937 – The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.1941 – Fântâna Albă massacre : Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops .1941 – A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of ‘Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister .
1944 – Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen .1945 – World War II : The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa .1946 – The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong ). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii .1947 – The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
1948 – Cold War : Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin .1948 – Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
1949 – Chinese Civil War : The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.1949 – The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado .1955 – The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus , with the goal of unifying with Greece.1960 – The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space .1964 – The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom .[3] 1969 – The Hawker Siddeley Harrier , the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force .1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War : The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila , Bangladesh .1973 – Project Tiger , a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park , India.1974 – The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.1979 – Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote , officially overthrowing the Shah .1986 – Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu , seeking to incite a popular rebellion.1989 – Margaret Thatcher ‘s new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the “poll tax”), is introduced in Scotland .1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion .1999 – Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories .2001 – An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet . The Chinese pilot ejected but is subsequently lost. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan , China and is detained.2001 – Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces , to be tried on war crimes charges.
2001 – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands , the first contemporary country to allow it.
2006 – Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.2011 – After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif , Afghanistan , resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.2016 – Nagorno-Karabakh clashes : The Four Day War or April War begins along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact on April 1.
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