Today’s Significant Events
627 – Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen
1925 – Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rezā Shāh Pahlavi takes over
1946 – UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr
1991 – Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community
2000 – The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore
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