1279 A Mongolian victory at the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China 1644 200 members of Peking imperial family and court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor 1863 Confederate cruiser SS Georgiana destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, and medicines then valued over $1,000,000. Wreck discovered exactly 102 years later by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence. 1920 US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) 1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened in Sydney, Australia 2003 Airstrikes by an American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the Invasion of Iraq, without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion | 
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