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1570
Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England because of her severe persecution of Roman Catholics in England. This was the last time any pope made such a judgment was made against a reigning monarch.
1643
Birth of Ahmed II, future sultan of the Ottoman Empire and son of sultan Ibrahim I.
1840
German philosopher Otto Liebmann was born in Lowenberg, Silesia.
1910
The 13th Dalai Lama fled Tibet in order escape Chinese troops during the conflicts of the nationalist revolutionary uprisings.
1947
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin causes a rift in American-British relations when he implies that President Truman's 1946 demand that 100,000 Jews be admitted to Palestine was issues solely for domestic political purposes.
1954
Colonel Gamal Abdal Nasser seized power in Egypt.
1954
Major General Mohammed Naguib, President and Premier of Egypt, resigned his posts because other members of the Revolutionary Council (a group of 10 army officers responsible for the coup that dethroned King Farouk) thought that he was seeking dictatorial powers. Lieutenant Colonel Gamal Nasser became Premier.
2004
Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of the Christ" opens in theaters in the United States.
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