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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1950 === * [[622]] &ndash; Start of the [[Islamic calendar]]. * [[1212]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa]] marks a turning point of the [[Spanish Reconquista]] over the [[Moors]]. * [[1377]] &ndash; King [[Richard II of England]] is [[crowned]]. * [[1661]] &ndash; The first [[banknote]]s in [[Europe]] are issued in [[Sweden]]. * [[1683]] &ndash; [[Manchu]] [[Qing Dynasty]] naval forces under traitorous commander [[Shi Lang]] defeat the [[Kingdom of Tungning]] in the [[Battle of Penghu]] near the [[Pescadores Islands]]. * [[1769]] &ndash; Father [[Junipero Serra]] founds [[California]]'s first mission, which becomes the city of [[San Diego]]. * [[1790]] &ndash; The [[District of Columbia]] (Washington D.C.) is established as the [[Capital city|capital]] of the [[US]]. * [[1809]] &ndash; [[La Paz]], [[Bolivia]], declares independence from [[Spanish Empire|Spain]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Under orders from [[Abraham Lincoln]], Union troops begin a 25-mile march into [[Virginia]] for what will become the [[First Battle of the Bull Run]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[David Farragut]] is promoted to [[Rear-Admiral|rear admiral]]. * [[1931]] &ndash; [[Haile Selassie]] signs the first [[Ethiopian Constitution]]. * [[1935]] &ndash; A 6.5 magnitude [[earthquake]] hits [[Taiwan]], killing around 2,700 people. * [[1935]] &ndash; The first [[parking meter]] is installed in [[Oklahoma City]]. * [[1945]] &ndash; [[Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], [[US President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] and [[British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] meet in [[Potsdam]] to discuss the future of a defeated [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] after [[World War II]]. * [[1945]] &ndash; First [[atomic bomb]] test occurs at [[Alamogordo, New Mexico|Alamagordo, New Mexico]]. * [[1950]] &ndash; [[1950 FIFA World Cup]]: [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] wins the [[FIFA World Cup]] for the second time, with a 2–1 win over the host nation [[Brazil national footb