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1790
- Washington, D.C. is established as the capital city of the United States of America.
1809
- La Paz, in today's Bolivia, declares independence from the Spanish crown.
1918
- The Romanov family is executed in Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, USSR.
1931
- Emperor Haile Selassie signs Ethiopia's first constitution.
1945
- The United States detonates a nuclear weapon on indigenous land near Alamogordo, New Mexico, being the first country to do so.
1948
- Zionist forces capture the city of Nazareth during the 1948 Arab–"Israeli" War.
1979
- Saddam Hussein takes office in Iraq with CIA backing.