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1493
- Christopher Columbus departs from Cádiz on a second voyage to the Americas.
1776
- The Name United States is made official by the Continental Congress.
1845
- Possible starting date of the Great Famine in Ireland.
1850
- California becomes the 31st state in the United States of America.
1944
- After a popular uprising, the Home Front Government was established in Bulgaria.
1945
- The Empire of Japan surrenders to the ROC.
1948
- Korean freedom fighter Kim Il-Sung declares the establishment of the DPRK.
1976
- Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and political theorist Mao Zedong dies at the age of 82 in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
2015
- Elizabeth II Windsor becomes the longest reigning monarch in British history.