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6/19 (1990): The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
5/1 (1991): Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon.
11/9 (1936): American fashion designer Ruth Harkness encounters and captures a nine-week-old panda cub in Sichuan; it becomes the first live giant panda to enter the United States.
1/1 (1998): Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
11/22 (1935): The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
12/25 (1100): Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
12/7 (1904): Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
8/6 (1890): At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
12/24 (1818): The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria.
Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
1/20 (1973): Amílcar Cabral, leader of the independence movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, is assassinated in Conakry, Guinea.
4/9 (1784): The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
1/15 (1970): Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
4/1 (1969): The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
1/1 (2011): A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
11/11 (1865): Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
6/6 (1925): The original Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.
12/25 (1915): The National Protection War breaks out against the Empire of China, as military leaders Cai E and Tang Jiyao proclaim the independence of Yunnan and begin a campaign to restore the Republic.
4/22 (1864): The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that permitted the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
11/11 (1940): World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.
7/4 (1960): Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
11/1 (1945): The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.
7/20 (1949): The Israel-Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.