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{{*mp}} [[3114 BC]] – The [[Epoch (reference date)|epoch]] of the '''[[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar]]''', a non-repeating, [[vigesimal]] calendar used by the [[Maya civilization]] and several other [[Mesoamerica]]n cultures, occurred. |
{{*mp}} [[3114 BC]] – The [[Epoch (reference date)|epoch]] of the '''[[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar]]''', a non-repeating, [[vigesimal]] calendar used by the [[Maya civilization]] and several other [[Mesoamerica]]n cultures, occurred. |
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{{*mp}} [[1492]] – '''[[Papal conclave, 1492|The first |
{{*mp}} [[1492]] – '''[[Papal conclave, 1492|The first conclave]]''' held in the [[Sistine Chapel]] elected <!--Pls don't put 'Cardinal' here. This was before 1630.[[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]--->Roderic Borja as [[Pope Alexander VI]]<!--not bolded, tagged with {{refimprove}}--> to succeed [[Pope Innocent VIII]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1828]] – William Corder was hanged at [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[England]] for '''[[Red Barn Murder|murdering Maria Marten at the Red Barn]]'''. |
{{*mp}} [[1828]] – William Corder was hanged at [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[England]] for '''[[Red Barn Murder|murdering Maria Marten at the Red Barn]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1952]] – [[List of kings of Jordan|King]] [[Talal of Jordan]] abdicated due to health reasons and was succeeded by his eldest son '''[[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]]''' ''(pictured)''. |
{{*mp}} [[1952]] – [[List of kings of Jordan|King]] [[Talal of Jordan]] abdicated due to health reasons and was succeeded by his eldest son '''[[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]]''' ''(pictured)''. |
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Revision as of 19:08, 11 August 2009
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August 11: Independence Day in Chad (1960)
- 3114 BC – The epoch of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, a non-repeating, vigesimal calendar used by the Maya civilization and several other Mesoamerican cultures, occurred.
- 1492 – The first papal conclave held in the Sistine Chapel elected Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Pope Innocent VIII.
- 1828 – William Corder was hanged at Bury St Edmunds, England for murdering Maria Marten at the Red Barn.
- 1952 – King Talal of Jordan abdicated due to health reasons and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein (pictured).
- 1965 – Violent race rioting began in the Watts district of Los Angeles, lasting for six days and left 34 people dead and 1,032 others injured.
- 1988 – Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam and several senior leaders of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad formed what is now known as Al-Qaeda to continue jihad elsewhere around the world after the Soviet war in Afghanistan ended.