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Title page of Areopagitica
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| St George's Day in Georgia; | lots of CN tags (10) |
| 1499 – Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII, was hanged after allegedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. | refimprove section |
| 1890 – William III of the Netherlands died without a living male heir, allowing his ten-year-old daughter Wilhelmina to succeed him to the Dutch throne. | unreferenced section |
| 1934 – An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden encountered a garrison of Somalis in Italian service at Walwal, which led to the Abyssinia Crisis. | lots of CN tags (18) |
| 1955 – The Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean were transferred from British to Australian control. | outdated, refimprove section |
| 1985 – Omar Rezaq and two others from the Abu Nidal terrorist group hijacked EgyptAir Flight 648 over the Mediterranean Sea. | refimprove section |
| 1992 – IBM released a prototype called "Angler" of the Simon (pictured), a handheld touchscreen mobile phone and personal digital assistant that is considered the first smartphone. | no date in article for this one -- almost definitely fixable, but its release date would be a better OTD |
| 1996 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked, then crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125 of the 175 people on board. | expansion |
| 2005 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the Liberian general election, making her the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa. | refimprove section |
| 2010 – In response to artillery exercises held near the border between the two nations, North Korea bombarded Yeonpyeong Island, killing four South Koreans and injuring 19 others. | refimprove section |
Eligible
- 1635 – Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa: Soldiers from the Dutch East India Company razed the village of Mattou, now part of modern-day Tainan, Taiwan.
- 1700 – A papal conclave, which had been deadlocked due to concerns over how a successor would respond to the impending death of Charles II of Spain, ended with the election of Clement XI.
- 1733 – African slaves in the Danish West Indies began an insurrection in one of the earliest and longest slave revolts in the Americas.
- 1867 – The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England, for involvement in a scheme to free two Irish nationalists from custody in which a police officer was killed.
- 1876 – William "Boss" Tweed, a New York City politician who had been arrested for embezzlement, was handed over to US authorities after having escaped from prison and fled to Spain.
- 1963 – The first episode of Doctor Who, the world's longest-running science fiction television show, was broadcast on BBC television, starring William Hartnell as the first incarnation of the title role.
- 1976 – Jacques Mayol became the first person to freedive to a depth of 100 metres (330 ft).
- 1980 – An earthquake struck the Irpinia region of Italy, killing at least 2,483 people, injuring more than 7,700 and leaving 250,000 homeless.
- 2007 – MS Explorer became the first cruise ship to sink in the Southern Ocean.
- 2012 – "Il Canto degli Italiani" officially became the national anthem of Italy, 66 years after it was provisionally chosen following the birth of the Italian Republic.
- Born this day: | Eadred |d|955| Beatriz Galindo |d|1535| Prospero Alpini |b|1553| Richard Hakluyt |d|1616| Jean-Baptiste Jourdan |d|1833| Katharine Coman |b|1857| Mary Brewster Hazelton |b|1868| El Lissitzky |b|1890| Anne Burns |b|1915| Mary Landrieu |b|1955| Shangguan Yunzhu |d|1968| Yusof Ishak |d|1970| Idries Shah |d|1996| Mary Whitehouse |d|2001|
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Edwin Hubble
- 1644 – In opposition to licensing and censorship during the English Civil War, John Milton's Areopagitica was published, arguing for the right to free expression.
- 1924 – The New York Times published evidence from Edwin Hubble (pictured) stating that the Andromeda Nebula, previously believed to be part of the Milky Way, is in fact another galaxy.
- 2003 – Rose Revolution: Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as President of Georgia following weeks of mass protests over disputed election results.
- 2009 – A crowd of people on their way to register Esmael Mangudadatu's candidacy for governor of Maguindanao, Philippines, were kidnapped and killed by supporters of his rival, resulting in 58 deaths.
- 2011 – Arab Spring: After months of protests in Yemen, President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to transfer power to Vice President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.
- Colin Turnbull (b. 1924)
- Cornelius Ryan (d. 1974)
- Aklilu Habte-Wold (d. 1974)
- Miley Cyrus (b. 1992)
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