626 Incident at Xuanwu Gate: in fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng 1776 Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States" 1823 Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia 1964 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law 1990 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death after a panic in a tunnel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia | 
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