54 Nero succeeds Claudius as Roman Emperor 1307 French King Philip IV has Grand Master Jacques de Molay and Knights Templar arrested and charged of idolatry and corruption 1884 Greenwich in London established as the universal time meridian of longitude 1924 Mecca falls without struggle to Saudi forces led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud 1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1944 US 1st army begins battle of Aachen, first German city captured during WWII 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Chile comes to a happy end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground | 
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