On This Day in History |
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1512 Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World. |
 | An official copy of the original remonstrance |
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1657 The Flushing Remonstrance petition is signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, protesting the ban on Quaker worship. |
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 Afghan President Hafizullah Amin. |
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Charles Darwin set out on a voyage of discovery on this day. What he discovered was later to stun the scientific world – and outrage the Church. |
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