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1721

• The Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia ends.

1835

• Melbourne, Australia is founded.

1873

• Franz Josef Land, Russia is discovered.

1945

• Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ends.

1948

• Member of the Black Panther Party Fred Hampton is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

2022

• Known for causing the illegal dissolution of the USSR, revisionist and anti-communist Mikhail Gorbachev dies at the age of 91.