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Starting event: Rashtrapati Bhavan officially opens (1929)

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  1. 52 BC
    War

    Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia

  2. 870
    War

    Caliph al-Muhtadi is killed by rebellious troops and is succeeded by his cousin Al-Mu'tamid

  3. 1559
    Art

    Pieter Brueghel the Elder paints The Fight Between Carnival and Lent

  4. 1706
    Birth

    Benjamin Franklin, American polymath and statesman, is born

  5. 1770
    Exploration

    On his first voyage, British explorer James Cook and the crew of HMS Endeavour landed at Botany Bay, making the first recorded European landfall on the eastern coast of Australia

  6. 1833
    Birth

    Johannes Brahms, German composer, is born

  7. 1860
    History

    South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States with the South Carolina Declaration of Secession

  8. 1892
    Books

    Peter Kropotkin publishes The Conquest of Bread

  9. 1896
    Music

    Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier premieres

  10. 1918
    Politics

    The Provisional National Assembly of the new republic of Czechoslovakia meets to devise a constitution

  11. 1929
    LandmarksStarting event

    Rashtrapati Bhavan officially opens

  12. 1939
    Religion

    Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison

  13. 1946
    Politics

    Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan

  14. 1952
    Disaster

    A flash flood devastates the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people

  15. 1964
    Transport

    The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) takes place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, United States

  16. 1967
    Film

    Cool Hand Luke, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, is released

  17. 1971
    Music

    Don McLean releases the song "Vincent"

  18. 1992
    Science

    The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk

  19. 2005
    Books

    Stieg Larsson publishes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

  20. 2009
    Games

    The video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is released

  21. 2015
    Film

    Tomorrowland, directed by Brad Bird, is released