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1757
- Holy Roman Empire forces defeat Prussia's King Frederick II at
Kollin, Czechoslovakia, and he loses 13,000 of 33,000 troops.
1779
- French forces take St. Vincent in West Indies from British.
1812
- United States declares war against Britain because of restrictions
imposed on shipping during the Napoleonic Wars.
1815
- British under Duke of Wellington and Prussians under Gerhard von
Blucher defeat France's Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo.
1823
- King John VI annuls Portuguese Constitution of 1822 after
uprisings against his rule and the loss of Brazil.
1900
- With the anti-foreign Boxer Rebellion already under way, the
dowager empress of China orders all foreigners killed.
1940
- Gen. Charles de Gaulle makes his famous BBC broadcast from London,
in which he declares himself leader of the "Free French"
and urges compatriots to resist Nazi occupation.
1940
- Germans capture French port of Cherbourg.
1952
- British plan to unite Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (Malawi)
in Central African Federation is announced.
1953
- Egypt is proclaimed a republic with General M. Naguib as
president; South Korea releases 26,000 North Korean prisoners.
1961
- Three princes of Laos meet in Zurich, Switzerland, and agree to
form coalition government to unite the war-torn kingdom.
1965
- Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky assumes office as Premier of South
Vietnam and vows to spur war against Viet Cong.
1975
- Prince Faisal Ibn Musaed is publicly beheaded in Riyadh for the
murder of his uncle, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia.
1985
- U.S. space shuttle Discovery, with Saudi Arabian prince aboard as
passenger, launches a satellite for Arab world.
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