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1447
Nicholas V was elected pope.
1629
The Edict of Restitution, a victory for the Counter-Reformation, ordered that all church property secularized in Germany since 1552 be restored to the Roman Catholic Church. In addition, the Edict declared that only those following the Augsburg Confession could practice Lutheranism.
1876
Charles S. Peirce recorded his first set of color vision observations which would later be reported in the April 1877 issue of the American Journal of Science.
1937
Rudolph Otto died.
1957
Following the withdrawal of Israeli troops, the United Nations assumed the military and civil administration of the Gaza Strip. The same would happen for the Sharm el Sheikh area two days later.
1958
The Iraqi parliament approves of amendments to the Constitution granting political rights to any woman with a primary school education.
1982
Ayn Rand died.
1984
German Protestant and pacifist Martin Niemoller died in Wiesbaden, Germany.
2002
U.S. District Judge Steward Dalzell ruled that a Ten Commandments monument in Chester County, Pennsylvania, was unconstitutional.
2004
Palestinian civilians were killed and wounded in attack on the main crossing point between the Gaza Strip and Israel. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades all claimed responsibility for the terrorist acts.
2006
Clean Monday: in Eastern Orthodox churches, this date marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of penitential preparation of Easter.
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