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{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[888]] &ndash; [[Odo, Count of Paris]] becomes [[King]] of the [[Franks]]. * [[1328]] &ndash; [[Edward III of England]] marries [[Philippa of Hainault]]. * [[1733]] &ndash; [[James Oglethorpe]] and 130 colonists arrive at [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. * [[1750]] &ndash; [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] sign the [[Treaty of Madrid]] to agree on their [[Colony|colonial]] policy. * [[1822]] &ndash; The design of the [[Flag of Greece]] is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus. * [[1830]] &ndash; The Great Fire of [[New Orleans]] begins. * [[1840]] &ndash; The steamship ''Lexington'' burns and sinks 4 [[mile]]s off [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], killing 139 people. * [[1893]] &ndash; The independent British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] holds its first meeting. * [[1893]] &ndash; [[United States]] marines land in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]] from the [[ship]] USS ''Boston'' to prevent Queen [[Liliuokalani]] from abandoning the [[Bayonet Constitution]]. * [[1898]] &ndash; [[Émile Zola]]'s ''[[J'accuse]]'' exposes the [[Dreyfus affair]]. === 1901&ndash;2000 === * [[1908]] &ndash; The Rhoads [[Opera]] House [[fire]] in Boyertown, [[Pennsylvania]], killing 171 people. * [[1910]] &ndash; The first public [[radio]] broadcast takes place from the [[Metropolitan Opera House]] in [[New York City]]. * [[1915]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] in [[Avezzano]], [[Italy]], kills 29,800 people. * [[1917]] &ndash; A [[train]] crash near Ciurea, [[Romania]], kills between 600 and 1,000 people. * [[1930]] &ndash; An expedition led by [[Douglas Mawson]] discovers the [[Aagaard Islands]] off [[Antarctica]]. * [[1935]] &ndash; Most voters in [[Saarland]] decide to become part of [[Germany]]. * [[1939]] &ndash; The Black Friday bush [[fire]]s burn 20,000 [[square kilometre]]s of land in [[Australia]], killing 71 people. * [[1942]] &ndash; [[Henry Ford]] [[patent]]s a plastic [[automobile]]. * [[1951]] &ndash; [[First Indochina War]]: The [[Battle of Vinh Yen]] be