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1988: Palestinian statehood proclaimed by Yāsir ʿArafāt.Meeting at Algiers, the Palestine National Council, at the urging of PLO chairman Yāsir ʿArafāt, issued a declaration of independence for a state of Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on this day in 1988.More events on this day1938:A farewell parade was held in Barcelona, Spain, for the volunteers of the International Brigades who fought for the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. |
1891:W. Averell Harriman, a statesman and leading U.S. diplomat in relations with the Soviet Union during World War II and the Cold War, was born. |
1889:Emperor Pedro II of Brazil was forced to abdicate by a group of military officers led by Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca. |
1885:St. Joseph Mukasa, one of the Martyrs of Uganda, was beheaded by order of Mwanga, kabaka (ruler) of Buganda. |
1884:The Berlin West Africa Conference opened, in which the major European nations met to decide all questions connected with the Congo River basin of Central Africa. |
1848:Pellegrino Rossi, a former member of the Carbonaria, was assassinated in Rome during the Revolutions of 1848. |
1818:The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, the first of four congresses held by Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and France following the Napoleonic Wars, concluded. |
1630:Johannes Kepler, the German astronomer who discovered three major laws of planetary motion, died in Regensburg. |
1315:The Swiss Confederation achieved its first great military success against the Austrian Habsburgs at the Battle of Morgarten. |
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