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1170
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by four knights acting under the orders of Henry II.
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1851
The first Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) opened in Boston.
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1890
The last major battle of the Indian Wars, at Wounded Knee Creek, took place with hundreds of Indian men, women, and children massacred.
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1937
The Constitution of Ireland, changing the Irish Free State into Eire, went into effect.
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1940
During World War II, Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London.
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1989
Vaclav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia.
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1996
A peace agreement was signed, ending 36 years of conflict in Guatemala.
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