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3641 BCE
Date of Creation, as calculated by the Mayans.
1162
King Baldwin III dies at Tripoli and control of Jerusalem passes to his brother, Amalric I. Amalric's chief goal is the conquest of Egypt and, in fact, his continual failure to capture Egypt may have been an important cause of the decline in power of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1258
The Abbasid period ends with the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols. The Mongols had tried and failed to take Baghdad in 1245. Now, after a series of devastating floods, the city's defenses had been weakened, and Hulegu, grandson of Genghis Khan, leads the victorious invasion - one which kills an estimated 800,000 citizens of the city. Thus begins a long period of economic, political, and cultural decline in Iraq that is only overcome in the sixteenth century.
1755
Charles de Montesquieu died in Paris, France.
1829
Pope Leo XII died.
1939
Pope Pius XI died.
1947
Decided: Everson v. Board of Education
Supreme Court found that a New Jersey law providing for reimbursement to parents of parochial school students for transportation costs on public busses is constitutional.
1950
A federal court rules that it is constitutional to deport aliens who were once members of any "subversive organization," including the Communist Party.
2004
The French National Assembly voted (494 to 36) to ban the Muslim hijab and any other "conspicuous "religious symbols from state schools.
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