EVENTS OF THE DAY
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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