Today:
1040 – King Duncan I of Scotland was killed in battle by Macbeth, who then became King of Scotland.
1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral was laid in Germany.
1352 – The Battle of Mauron occurred during the Breton War of Succession, with a victory for the French army.
1880 – The Cologne Cathedral was completed, 632 years after construction began.
1900 – The Boxer Rebellion: Allied forces captured Beijing, ending the siege of foreign legations.
1935 – The Social Security Act was signed into law by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1941 – Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the Atlantic Charter, outlining the Allies’ goals for the post-war world.
1945 – Japan accepted the Allied terms of surrender in World War II, effectively ending the war in the Pacific.
1971 – Bahrain declared independence from the United Kingdom.
1980 – The Solidarity movement began in Poland, leading to the eventual fall of communism in Eastern Europe.
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