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1949: People's Republic of China established.In Beijing, with most of the Chinese mainland held by the communist People's Liberation Army, its dynamic leader, Mao Zedong, proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China on this day in 1949.More events on this day1982:Congress established the U.S. Claims Court (now the U.S. Court of Federal Claims) to handle cases in which the United States is a defendant. |
1960:Nigeria gained its independence from Britain but remained a member of the Commonwealth. |
1946:The verdict was handed down on 22 of the original 24 defendants in the Nürnberg trials, a series of trials held after World War II in which the International Military Tribunal indicted and tried former Nazi leaders as war criminals. |
1936:Francisco Franco became head of the new Nationalist regime of Spain at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. |
1800:Napoleon induced a reluctant King Charles IV of Spain to cede Louisiana back to France. |
331:Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela, spelling the end of the Persian empire. |
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