1621 King James I of England gives Sir William Alexander a royal charter for colonisation of Nova Scotia
1792 French Revolution: The National Convention passes a proclamation announcing the formal abolition of the French monarchy
1898 Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days’ Reform in China, imprisoning the Guangxu Emperor
1915 Cecil Chubb buys English prehistoric monument Stonehenge for £6,600
1922 US President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine
1936 Spanish fascist junta names Francisco Franco to Generalissimo and Supreme Commander
1949 Chinese Communist leaders proclaim the People’s Republic of China
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1937 J. R. R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ is published by George Allen and Unwin in London
Today in Sport
1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike
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Three genetic studies published in “Nature” conclude all non-Africans descended from one migration out of Africa 50-80,000 years ago on this day in 2016
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Genomic study finding Australian Aboriginal oldest known civilisation on earth published in “Nature” on this day in 2016
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