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1828
- The Decembrist revolution begins in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1886
- Military strategist and politician Zhu De is born in Yilong county, Qing Dynasty.
1934
- Sergei Kirov is murdered by Trotskyists in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR.
1939
- The Soviet Union establishes the Finnish Democratic Republic.
1952
- Christine Jorgensen becomes well known for being the first notable recipient of Gender-affirming surgery.
1955
- Civil rights activist Rosa Parks is arrested for her act of civil disobedience.
1959
- Military activity is banned on Antarctica.
1960
- Congolese independence leder Patrice Lumumba is arrested by Mobutu Sese Seko.
2019