On This Day in History |
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1576 Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) abjures Catholicism at Tours. |
 | A painting in a Prague church commemorating the 1597 crucifixion of the 26 Catholic martyrs of Japan in Nagasaki |
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1597 A group of early Japanese Christians, known as the 26 Martyrs, are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. |
1885 King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal colonial possession. |
1945 US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manila in the Philippines after a month long battle, ending three years of Japanese military occupation. |
1969 United States population reaches 200 million. |
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Robert Peel, the man responsible for the world’s first modern police force, the UK’s ruling Conservative party – and income tax – was born on this day. |
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