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Traditional Day in Benin | stub |
49 BC – Julius Caesar and his Thirteenth Legion crossed the Rubicon in violation of Roman law, starting a civil war. | Rubicon: refimprove; Civil War: unreferenced section |
1645 – William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury and a supporter of King Charles I, was beheaded in the midst of the English Civil War. | refimprove section |
1810 – Childless after 14 years of marriage, Napoleon divorced his first wife Joséphine so he could remarry in the hope of having an heir. | unreferenced section |
1954 – BOAC Flight 781 suffered an explosive decompression at altitude and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing everyone on board. | unreferenced section |
2004 – Helge Fossmo, the village priest of Knutby, Sweden, orchestrated the murders of his wife and his neighbor, a crime that shocked the country. | refimprove section |