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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1092]] &ndash; [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]] [[Cathedral]] is consecrated. * [[1671]] &ndash; [[Thomas Blood]] attempts to steal [[England]]'s Crown Jewels. * [[1763]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Fort Detroit]] begins during [[Pontiac's War]] against British forces. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[Second War of Schleswig]]: The [[Denmark|Danish]] [[navy]] defeats the [[Austria]]n and [[Prussia]]n fleets in the [[Battle of Heligoland]]. * [[1868]] &ndash; [[Reno, Nevada]], is founded. * [[1873]] &ndash; The [[Long Depression]] begins with the [[Vienna]] [[stock market]] crash. * [[1877]] &ndash; [[Mihai Kogalniceanu]] reads out the Declaration of [[Romania]]'s [[independence]]. * [[1877]] &ndash; A magnitude 8.8 [[earthquake]] off [[Peru]] kills 2,541 people. * [[1887]] &ndash; [[Buffalo Bill]]'s [[Wild West Show]] begins in [[London]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1901]] &ndash; [[Australia]]'s first [[parliament]] opens in [[Melbourne]]. * [[1904]] &ndash; The [[steam]] [[locomotive]] ''City of Truro'' becomes the first [[steam]] [[engine]] in [[Europe]] to exceed 100 [[mile]]s per hour (160.9 [[kilometer]]s per hour) in speed. * [[1911]] &ndash; The works of [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]] are placed by the [[Vatican]] in the Index of Forbidden Books. * [[1915]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Second Battle of Artois]] takes place between French and German forces. * [[1918]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Germany|German]] troops repel the second [[United Kingdom|British]] attempt to blockade the port of [[Ostend]], [[Belgium]]. * [[1926]] &ndash; [[Richard E. Byrd]] and [[Floyd Bennett]] claim to have flown over the [[North Pole]], though this claim is later doubted. * [[1927]] &ndash; [[Australia]]'s parliament moves from [[Melbourne]] to the new capital city, [[Canberra]]. * [[1934]] &ndash; In the [[United States]], one of the worst [[Dust Bowl]] storms occurs, reaching [[Chicago]] on the same day and the East Coast the next day, completely destroying many livelihoods, espe