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2001 - Microsoft
Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems.
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1917 - October Revolution
Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.<!--worth keeping regardless of general rule on OS/NS because it's commonly called the "October revolution"-->
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1616 - Dirk Hartog
Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.
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2007 - Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
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1945 - Charter of the United Nations
The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
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1648 - Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.
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2001 - IPod
Apple Computer releases the iPod.
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1850 - National Women's Rights Convention
The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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1942 - Second Battle of El Alamein
World War II: Allied forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein, which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.
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1992 - STS-52
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52 to deploy the LAGEOS-2 satellite and microgravity experiments.
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1884 - International Meridian Conference
The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
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1721 - Russian Empire
The Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.