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Line 65: − − ==Eligible== − * [[44 BC]] – Dictator [[Julius Caesar]] of the [[Roman Republic]] '''[[Assassination of Julius Caesar|was stabbed to death]]''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger|Marcus Junius Brutus]] and several other [[Roman Senate|Roman senators]]. − * [[856]] – Byzantine emperor '''[[Michael III]]''' overthrew the regency of his mother [[Theodora (wife of Theophilos)|Theodora]] to assume power for himself. − * [[1311]] – The [[Catalan Company]] defeated [[Walter V, Count of Brienne]] in the '''[[Battle of Halmyros]]''' and took control of the [[Duchy of Athens]], a [[Crusader states|Crusader state]] in Greece. − * [[1875]] – [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York|Archbishop of New York]] '''[[John McCloskey]]''' was named the first [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in the United States. − * [[1916]] – Six days after [[Pancho Villa]] and his cross-border raiders attacked [[Columbus, New Mexico]], U.S. General [[John J. Pershing]] led a '''[[Pancho Villa Expedition|punitive expedition into Mexico]]''' to pursue Villa. − * [[1917]] – Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]]<!--not bold, refimprove section--> was forced to abdicate in the '''[[February Revolution]]''', ending three centuries of [[House of Romanov|Romanov]] rule. − * [[1921]] – '''[[Talaat Pasha]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''-->, considered the main perpetrator of the [[Armenian Genocide]], was [[Operation Nemesis|assassinated]]<!--not bold, encompasses more assassinations than Talaat--> by the [[Armenian Revolutionary Federation]]. − * [[1943]] – [[World War II]]: German forces recaptured [[Kharkiv|Kharkov]] after four days of house-to-house fighting against Soviet troops, ending the month-long '''[[Third Battle of Kharkov]]'''. − * [[1972]] – '''''[[The Godfather]]''''', a [[Mob film|gangster film]] based on the [[The Godfather (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Mario Puzo]] and directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]], was released. − * [[1990]] – Iraqi authorities hanged freelance Iranian reporter '''[[Farzad Bazoft]]''' for [[espionage|spying]] for Israel. − * Born/died: '''[[Archibald Menzies]]''' (b. 1754){{·}} '''[[Christian Michelsen]]''' (b. 1857){{·}} '''[[Matthew Charlton]]''' (b. 1866){{·}} '''[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]''' (b. 1933){{·}} '''[[Arthur Compton]]''' (d. 1962)
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