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==Events==

===800 BCEBC-AD 1899===

*[[753 BCEBC]] - [[Romulus and Remus|Romulus]] founds [[Rome]] ([[founding of Rome|traditional]]).

*[[43 BCEBC]] - [[Mark Antony]] is defeated in battle by [[consul]] Hirtius in the [[Battle of Mutina]], who is killed.

*[[1792]] - [[Tiradentes]], revolutionary who was leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged.

*[[1836]] - [[Texas Revolution]]: [[Battle of San Jacinto]] - [[Republic of Texas]] forces under [[Sam Houston]] defeat troops under [[Mexico|Mexican]] General [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]]. (Santa Anna and hundreds of his troops are taken prisoner along the [[San Jacinto River]] the next day.)

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*[[1898]] - [[Spanish-American War]]: The [[United States Congress]], on [[April 25]], recognized that a state of war had existed between the [[United States]] and [[Spain]] as of this date.

===1900-19491999===

*[[1912]] - The [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]] and [[New York Yankees]] play an exhibition game to benefit survivors of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']].

*[[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Germany|German]] fighter ace [[Manfred von Richthofen]], known as "The Red Baron," is shot down and killed by [[Allies|Allied]] fire over [[Vauz sur Somme]] in [[France]].

*[[1944]] - Women in [[France]] receive the right to vote

*[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[Soviet Union]] forces south of [[Berlin]] at [[Zossen]] attack the German High Command headquarters.

===1950-1989===▼

*[[1952]] - [[Administrative Professionals' Day]] (formerly [[Secretaries Day]]), first celebrated

*[[1953]] - [[Roy Cohn]] and [[G. David Schine]], two of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Joseph McCarthy]]'s chief aides, recommend the removal of 30,000 books from the libraries of the [[United States Information Service]] posts in [[Europe]], including works by [[Dashiell Hammett]], [[W. E. B. Du Bois]], [[Herman Melville]], [[John Steinbeck]] and [[Henry David Thoreau]], calling them "pro-[[Communist]]".

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*[[1985]] - [[Ayrton Senna]] wins the first of 41 [[Formula One]] championships at the Portuguese [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] in [[Estoril]].

*[[1989]] - [[Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989]]: In [[Beijing]], around 100,000 students gather in [[Tiananmen Square]] to commemorate the late Chinese reform leader [[Hu Yaobang]].

===1990-===▼

*[[1992]] - [[Death penalty]]: After 13 years on [[death row]], convicted murderer [[Robert Alton Harris]] is executed in [[California]]'s [[gas chamber]].

*[[1994]] - The first discovery of [[extrasolar planet]]s are announced by astronomer [[Alexander Wolszczan]].

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*[[1864]] - [[Max Weber]], economist and sociologist (d. [[1920]])

===1900-1999===

*[[1912]] - [[Marcel Camus]], film director (d. [[1982]])

*[[1915]] - [[Anthony Quinn]], actor (d. [[2001]])

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==Deaths==

▲===19501000-19891899===

*[[1073]] - [[Pope Alexander II]]

*[[1699]] - [[Jean Racine]], dramatist (b. [[1639]])

*[[1793]] - [[John Michell]], seismologist (b. [[1724]])

▲===19901900-1999===

*[[1910]] - [[Mark Twain]], author, humorist (b. [[1835]])

*[[1918]] - [[Manfred von Richthofen]], pilot (b. [[1892]])

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*[[1985]] - [[Rudi Gernreich]], fashion designer

*[[1999]] - [[Charles 'Buddy' Rogers]], actor, musician

===2000-2099===

*[[2001]] - [[Jack Haley Jr.]], producer

*[[2003]] - [[Nina Simone]], singer and pianist (b. [[1933]])

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