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5/8 (1976): The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
1/20 (1874): The Treaty of Pangkor is signed between the British and Sultan Abdullah of Perak, paving the way for further British colonization of Malaya.
5/8 (589): Reccared I opens the Third Council of Toledo, marking the entry of Visigothic Spain into the Catholic Church.
7/20 (1949): The Israel-Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk.
9/11 (1903): The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
12/25 (1941): Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.
1/20 (1954): In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
2/14 (1929): Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
4/9 (2017): The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place.
The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
4/1 (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.
On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
He resigns a month later to join the newly elected John F. Kennedy administration.
1/20 (2009): Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.
1/15 (1967): The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.
2/14 (1945): World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
12/24 (1906): Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
7/20 (1951): King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
The majority of the garrison is massacred the next day.
4/9 (1937): The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
11/1 (1956): The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala. Delhi was established as a union territory.
4/1 (1999): Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.