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* [[1567]] – A Spanish mercenary army surprised and killed a band of rebels in the '''[[Battle of Oosterweel]]''' near [[Antwerp]] in the [[Habsburg Netherlands]], beginning the [[Eighty Years' War]].
* [[1567]] – A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the '''[[Battle of Oosterweel]]''' in the [[Habsburg Netherlands]], beginning the [[Eighty Years' War]].
* [[1781]] – Astronomer and composer [[William Herschel]] discovered the planet '''[[Uranus]]''' while in the garden of his house in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England, thinking it was a [[comet]].
* [[1781]] – [[William Herschel]] discovered the planet '''[[Uranus]]''' in the garden of his house in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England, initially considering it to be a [[comet]].
* [[1943]] – [[The Holocaust]]: Nazi troops <!--under [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] [[Hauptsturmführer]] [[Amon Göth]] -->began liquidating '''[[Kraków Ghetto|the Jewish ghetto]]''' in [[Kraków]], Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the [[Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp|Płaszów labor camp]] ''(deportation pictured)'', with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]].
* [[1943]] – [[The Holocaust]]: Nazi troops <!--under [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] [[Hauptsturmführer]] [[Amon Göth]] -->began liquidating the '''[[Kraków Ghetto]]''' in Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the [[Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp|Płaszów labor camp]] ''(deportation pictured)'', with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]].
* [[1986]] – Claiming the right of [[innocent passage]], American warships [[USS Yorktown (CG-48)|USS ''Yorktown'']] and [[USS Caron (DD-970)|USS ''Caron'']] '''[[1986 Black Sea incident|entered]]''' the Soviet [[territorial waters]] in the [[Black Sea]], inciting Soviet combat readiness.
* [[1986]] – Claiming the right of [[innocent passage]], the American warships ''[[USS Yorktown (CG-48)|Yorktown]]'' and ''[[USS Caron (DD-970)|Caron]]'' '''[[1986 Black Sea incident|entered]]''' Soviet [[territorial waters]] in the [[Black Sea]].
* [[2013]] – '''[[Pope Francis|Francis]]''' was [[Papal conclave, 2013|elected]] pope, making him the first [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] pope, the first from the Americas and the first from the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the first non-European pope in over 1,000 years.
* [[2013]] – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio [[2013 papal conclave|was elected]] '''[[Pope Francis]]''', making him the first [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere<!--, as well as the first non-European pope in over 1,000 years-->.
{{Born and died list| '''[[Percival Lowell]]'''<!--American astronomer--> |b|1855| '''[[Helen Renton]]'''<!--Scottish air force officer--> |b|1931| '''[[Encarnacion Alzona]]'''<!--Filipino historian, female--> |d|2001}}
{{Born and died list| '''[[Percival Lowell]]'''<!--American astronomer--> |b|1855| '''[[Helen Renton]]'''<!--Scottish air force officer--> |b|1931| '''[[Encarnacion Alzona]]'''<!--Filipino historian, female--> |d|2001}}
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