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Blurb Reason
Liberation Day in Lebanon (2000) stub
Towel Day/Geek Pride Day Towel: outdated; Geek: general quality
1420Henry the Navigator became governor of the Order of Christ, the Portuguese successor to the Knights Templar. refimprove section
1521 – The Diet of Worms declared Protestant Reformer Martin Luther an outlaw and a heretic, banning his literature, and requiring his arrest. unreferenced section
1659Richard Cromwell resigned as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. refimprove/unreferenced sections
1895 – The Republic of Formosa was proclaimed in Taiwan, declaring independence from Qing China. refimprove
1914 – The British parliament passed the Third Home Rule Act, establishing a devolved government in Ireland. refimprove section
1926 – Anarchist Sholom Schwartzbard assassinated Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of the Ukrainian People's Republic. unreferenced sections
1946Abdullah bin Husayn, the Emir of Transjordan, was proclaimed King of the renamed "Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan". refimprove section
1953 – At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducted Upshot-Knothole Grable, its only nuclear artillery test. refimprove
1963 – The Organisation of African Unity was established. multiple issues
2000 – Israel withdrew its army from most of Lebanese territory, 22 years after its first invasion in 1978. unreferenced section
2002China Airlines Flight 611 crashed in the Taiwan Strait after breaking up in mid-air as a result of improper repairs made 22 years earlier, killing all 225 people on board. unreferenced section, external links
Anniversary of the First National Government in Argentina (1810); Bit stubby, some uncited
1738 – King George II of Great Britain negotiated a cease-fire between the British colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania, ending Cresap's War. Too much uncited
Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville |b|1818| Yellow banner for no page references

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May 25: Africa Day (1963); Independence Day in Jordan (1946)

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