1180 Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline.
1789 US Federal Judiciary Act is passed & creates a six-person Supreme Court
1869 Black Friday; Wall St panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold
1877 Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
1950 "Operation Magic Carpet" sees all Jews from Yemen move to Israel
1957 President Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools
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