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Events
- 73 - Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt.
- 1799 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
- 1917 – Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland.
- 1922 – The Treaty of Rapallo, in which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
- 1925 – During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
- 1945 – The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin.
- 1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine torpedo.
- 1946 – Syria gains independence.
- 1947 – Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- 1972 – Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- 2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.
- 2007 – Virginia Tech massacre: Seung-Hui Cho, shoots 32 people to death and injures 23 others before committing suicide.
Births
- 1319 - King John II of France (d. 1364)
- 1682 - John Hadley, British inventor of various Navigation equipment. (d. 1744)
- 1867 - Wilbur Wright, Aviation pioneer (d. 1912)
- 1886 - Ernst Thälmann, German Communist Party politician (d. 1944)
- 1927 - Pope Benedict XVI born Joseph Alois Ratzinger
Deaths
- 69 - Otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32)
- 1859 – Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (b. 1805)
- 1947 - Rudolf Hoess, SS Officer (b. 1900)
- 1946 - Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automobile designer (b. 1884)
