
1785: The University of Georgia was founded, the first public university in the United States.
1825: The U.S. Congress approved Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”.
1888: The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
1913: Black women in what was then the Orange Free State protested when they were included in Pass legislation previously reserved for African men only.
1980: Robert Mugabe returns to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years.

1996: A military coup dโรฉtat in Niger ends the three-year administration of Mohamane Ousame, the countryโs first democratically elected president.

1996: Germany first observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
2000: Zamfara state became the first state to enact the Shari’a penal code in Northern Nigeria under Governor Ahmed Sani within one year.

2002: An ammunition depot in Ikeja, Nigeria exploded, spreading fire that destroyed many houses and caused panic that resulted in a stampede that killed over 1100 and injured thousands.

2003: The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
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1621 Thomas Willis FRS
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