The Wars of Castro ended when Pope Innocent X and his forces destroyed the Italian city of Castro.
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The United States announced its recognition of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania's independence as individual countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Great Britain and its colonies spent their last day using the Julian calendar.
Machine guns were used for the first time in a battle in Omdurman, Sudan, Africa.
The first battle between the Spanish settlers and the Mexican natives of the Otomi and Tlaxcalans tribespeople started.
Egypt's state TV lifted the ban on veiled news presenters.
