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* [[379]] – '''[[Yax Nuun Ahiin I|Yax Nuun Ahiin I]]''' took the throne as the ruler (''[[ajaw]]'') of the [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] city of [[Tikal]].

* [[1846]] – The English poets '''[[Robert Browning]]''' and '''[[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]]''' ''(pictured)'' eloped to Italy, marryingmarried in secret to avoid their disapproving families before moving to Italy.

* [[1933]] – Hungarian-American physicist '''[[Leo Szilard]]''' conceived of the idea of the [[nuclear chain reaction]] while waiting for a traffic light in [[Bloomsbury|Bloomsbury, London]].

* [[1948]] – The [[People's Liberation Army]] launched the '''[[Liaoshen campaign]]''', the first of the three major military campaigns during the late stage of the [[Chinese Civil War]].