EVENTS OF THE DAY
•1739 – The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War
•1912– U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
•1930 – The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded
•1932 – Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
•1942 – A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
•1952 – The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
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