927 – Death of Simeon I the Great, the first Bulgarian to be
recognized as Emperor.
1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely
death.
1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
1644 – Manchu regent Dorgon defeats
rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at
the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the
Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
1703 – Tsar Peter the
Great founds the city of Saint
Petersburg
2005
- The King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, has been taken to hospital,
overtly for tests; however, the BBC quotes
an unofficial source who claims the King has water in his lungs.
2006 - Over 70 participants in
a banned gay pride parade
are detained in Moscow.
Amongst them are organizers and members of European Parliament. German parliamentary member Volker Beck is
punched in the face and arrested by police. Moscow's mayor, Yuriy Luzhkov banned
the march, saying "homosexuality is unnatural."
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