1517
The start of the Reformation
Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
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1846
A heavy snowfall trapped the Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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1864
Nevada became the 36th state.
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1941
Work on the Mount Rushmore monument was completed.
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1956
Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.
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1984
Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated.
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1992
Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier.
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