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===1901–present=== *[[1918]] – [[Russian Civil War]]: The Red Army [[Kazan Operation|captures Kazan]]. *[[1919]] – The [[Republic of German-Austria]] signs the [[Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye]], ceding significant territories to Italy, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. *[[1932]] – The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned ''[[Independent Subway System|IND]]'', is opened. *[[1936]] – First World Individual [[Motorcycle Speedway]] Championship, Held at London's (England) [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] *[[1937]] – Nine nations attend the [[Nyon Conference]] to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea. *[[1939]] – [[World War II]]: The submarine {{HMS|Oxley}} is mistakenly sunk by the submarine {{HMS|Triton|N15|6}} near Norway and becomes the [[Royal Navy]]'s first loss of a submarine in the war. * 1939 – World War II: The [[Canadian declaration of war on Germany]] receives royal assent. *[[1942]] – World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the [[Battle of Madagascar|Madagascar Campaign]]. *[[1943]] – World War II: In the course of [[Operation Achse]], German troops begin their occupation of Rome. *[[1960]] – At the Summer Olympics in Rome, [[Abebe Bikila]] becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet. *[[1961]] – In the [[1961 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]], a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver [[Wolfgang von Trips]] and 15 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=612|title=Motorsport Memorial<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> *[[1967]] – The people of Gibraltar [[1967 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum|vote]] to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. *[[1974]] – [[Guinea-Bissau]] gains independence from Portugal. *[[1976]] – A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 [[1976 Zagreb mid-air collision|collide]] near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176. *[[1977]] – [[Hamida Djandoubi]], convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France. *[[2000]] – [[Operation Barras]] successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War. *[[2001]] – [[Antônio da Costa Santos]], mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated. * 2001 – During his appearance on the British TV [[game show]] ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?|Who Wants to be a Millionaire?]]'', contestant [[Charles Ingram]] reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|author=Harrison, Angus|date=9 September 2016|title=That Time a Guy Won 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' by Cheating Terribly|language=en-us|work=[[Vice (magazine)|VICE]]|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/15-years-of-the-coughing-major-who-wants-to-be-a-millionare/|access-date=5 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|title=Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Major Fraud|people=[[Martin Bashir]]|publisher=ITV|year=2003|location=London, England|medium=Television}}</ref> *[[2002]] – Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, [[Foreign relations of Switzerland|becomes a full member of the United Nations]]. *[[2007]] – Former Prime Minister of Pakistan [[Nawaz Sharif]] returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999. *[[2008]] – The [[Large Hadron Collider]] at [[European Organization for Nuclear Research|CERN]], described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. *[[2017]] – [[Hurricane Irma]] makes landfall on [[Cudjoe Key, Florida]] as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $77.2 billion (2017 USD) in damage. *[[2022]] – [[Death of Queen Elizabeth II]]: King [[Charles III]] is formally proclaimed as monarch at a meeting of the [[Accession Council]] in [[St James's Palace]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/10/charles-formally-proclaimed-king-by-privy-council |title=Charles formally proclaimed King by privy council |work=The Guardian |date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
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