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| 1430 | Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English. |
| 1533 | The marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void. |
| 1701 | Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder. |
| 1788 | South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. |
| 1873 | Canada's North West Mounted Police force was established. |
| 1915 | Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I. |
| 1937 | Industrialist John D. Rockefeller died at age 97. |
| 1945 | Nazi official and SS chief Heinrich Himmler committed suicide while imprisoned in Luneburg, Germany. |
| 1949 | The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was established. |
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| 1960 | Israel announced it had captured former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. |
| 1969 | The Who's rock-opera album "Tommy" was released. |
| 1997 | Iranians elected a moderate president, Mohammad Khatami, over hard-liners in the ruling Muslim clergy. |
| 2003 | Congress sent President George W. Bush a $330 billion package of tax cuts - the third of his presidency. |
| 2012 | Egypt held the Arab world's first competitive presidential vote. (Islamist Mohammed Morsi was ultimately named the winner following a runoff) |
