1512 Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World 1657 "Flushing Remonstrance" petition signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, protesting the ban on Quaker worship 1939 Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 earthquake in Erzincam, Turkey 1945 International Monetary Fund formally established by 29 member countries based on ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes 1949 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia 1979 After invading Afghanistan two days earlier Soviet forces pull off a coup in Kabul, killing President Hafizullah Amin | 
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