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Pope Sabinian died.
1281
Martin IV was elected pope.
1349
Jews were ordered out of Zurich, Switzerland.
1775
Jews were expelled from the region around Warsaw, Poland.
1788
German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer was born in Danzig, Germany (now in Poland).
1875
Geologist Sir Charles Lyell died.
1906
Black evangelist William J. Seymour arrived in Los Angeles and began a series of revival meetings. This "Azusa Street Revival" which would later grow at the Apostolic Faith Mission located at 312 Azusa Street in Los Angeles was key in the development of American Pentecostalism.
1913
Ferdinand de Saussure died.
1940
A 5-year-old boy was installed as the 14th Dalai Lama.
1947
Jawaharalal Nehru, leader of India's Congress Party, hails the British government's decision to withdraw from India by June, 1948, as "wise and courageous."
1965
Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter died in Washington, D.C.
1983
Rioting Hindus killed at least 3000 Muslims in Assam, India.
1989
Argued: County of Allegheny v. ACLU Greater Pittsburgh Chapter
The Supreme Court ruled that while a creche display on public property was unconstitutional, a menorah display on another piece of public property was not.
2005
Eastern Christians celebrate the Feast Day of Telesphorus, eighth Roman Catholic pope.
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