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1204
Jewish philosopher and Talmudic scholar Maimonides dies in Cairo at the age of 69.
1294
Pope Celestine V abdicated.
1521
Pope Sixtus V was born.
1545
The first session of the Council of Trent was convened for the purpose of dealing with with the Reformation.
1754
Death of Mahmud I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Read More About the Crusades: What Were the Crusades? | Timelines of the Crusades
1769
Immanuel Kant was offered a professorship at the University of Erlangen, but he refused in the hopes that he might be offered one in Königsberg.
1936
The Archbishop of Canterbury attacked Edward VIII for his associations with an "alien social circle." Three days previous Edward had abdicated the British throne in order to marry a twice-divorced American woman.
1971
Argued: Roe v. Wade
The landmark decision would establish that women have a basic right to have an abortion.
1973
According to Claude Vorilhon, 4-foot-tall, dark-haired, olive-skinned extraterrestrials calling themselves the Elohim appeared to him at a volcano in France and informed him they had created human life in their image via genetic engineering.
1982
Decided: Larkin v. Grendel's Den
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the Massachusetts law that allowed schools and churches to prevent the issuance of alcohol permits to establishments within 500 feet unconstitutional because it substituted religious Court Decision-making for public legislative authority.
2000
Decided: Elkhart vs. Brooks
The 7th Circuit Court ruled that a Fraternal Order of Eagles Ten Commandments monument at an Indian city hall was unconstitutional.
2001
Muslim militants launched a violent surprise attack on the Parliament House in New Delhi, India.
2002
Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of Boston's archbishop, Cardinal Bernard Law.
2002
While in Rome, Cardinal Bernard Law resigns his Boston office - but he remained a Cardinal in good standing and a member of the College of Cardinals, allowing him to help elect the next pope.
2003
Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. forces. He is discovered in a mud hole by a remote farmhouse near his home city of Tikrit, Iraq.
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