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1700 The Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe between Denmark–Norway, Saxony and Russia and the Swedish Empire. |
1912 The last Qing Emperor of China, Puyi (age 6) abdicates after losing the support of the Chinese people and thus the "mandate of heaven". |
1947 French fashion designer Christian Dior presents his first influential collection, named the "New Look". |
 | Tickets issued to former President Gerald Ford and his wife Betty |
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1999 US President Bill Clinton acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial. |
2001 NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lands in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. |
2013 North Korea allegedly conducts its third nuclear test, saying it was a nuclear device that could be weaponized. |
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Also Jane Grey, Ethan Allen and Immanuel Kant. |
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Abraham Lincoln, hailed by many as the greatest President of the United States, was born in poverty on this day in a one-room rural cabin, the son of a farmer. |
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