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Emperor Shijō of Japan dies.
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The St. Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and 30 locals dead in two days.
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Bartholomew Roberts (a.k.a. Black Bart), a Welsh pirate, dies.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the French and Indian war, with France ceding Quebec to Great Britian.
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Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
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Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
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The YWCA is founded in New York City.
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The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
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The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
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The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
