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1268 – A coalition of Russian medieval states defeated the Livonian Brothers of the Sword at the Battle of Rakovor near present-day Rakvere, Estonia. | refimprove, needs rewrite |
1861 – With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumed the title King of Italy. | more footnotes |
1908 – The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", opened with playwright August Strindberg's play Master Olof. | no footnotes |
1911 – The first official flight with airmail took place when pilot Henri Pequet carried 6,500 letters from Allahabad to Naini, British India, about 13 kilometres (8 mi) away. | refimprove |
1932 – The Empire of Japan established Manchukuo, a puppet state in northeastern China during the Sino-Japanese War. | needs more footnotes |
1946 - President Harry Truman signed the Rescission Act of 1946, denying veteran benefits to military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and guerillas in the Philippines during the Japanese Occupation. | short |
1954 – The Church of Scientology, the largest organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system, was incorporated in Los Angeles. | {{ sync}} |
2003 – An arsonist started a fire aboard a Daegu Metropolitan Subway train in Daegu, South Korea, killing almost two hundred passengers. | refimprove |
February 18: Independence Day in The Gambia ( 1965)