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1453 - Hundred Years' War: Battle of Castillon: The French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony.
1586 - A meeting takes place at Lüneburg between several Protestant powers in order to discuss the formation of an 'evangelical' league of defence, called the 'Confederatio Militiae Evangelicae', against the Catholic League.
1717 - King George I of Great Britain sails down the Thames River with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
1762 - Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.
1771 - Bloody Falls Massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
1794 - The sixteen Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne are executed 10 days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
1815 - Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.
1856 - The Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurs in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania killing over 60 people.
1899 - NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
1918 - On the orders of the Bolshevik Party carried out by Cheka, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his immediate family and retainers are murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
1918 - The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German submarine U-55; only 5 lives are lost.
1933 - After successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Lithuanian research aircraft Lituanica crashes in Europe under mysterious circumstances.
1938 - Douglas Corrigan takes off to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
1945 - World War II: Potsdam Conference – at Potsdam, U.S. President Harry Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the three main Allied leaders, begin their final summit of the war. The meeting would end on August 2.
1955 - Disneyland televises its grand opening in Anaheim, California.
1962 - Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site.
1976 - History of East Timor: East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
1976 - The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
1979 - Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida.
1981 - A walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri collapses killing 114 people and injuring more than 200 caused by structural failure.
1989 - First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
1995 - The Nasdaq Composite index closed above the 1,000 mark for the first time.
1997 - The F.W. Woolworth Company closes after 117 years in business.



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3 FebruaryMartyrs' Day (Dia dos Mártires)
1 MayLabour Day (Dia do trabalhador)
12 JulyIndependence Day (Dia da Independência)
6 SeptemberArmed Forces Day (Dia das Forças Armadas)
30 SeptemberAgricultural Reform Day (Dia da Reforma Agrária)
1 NovemberAll Saints (Todos os santos)
25 DecemberChristmas (Natal)
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República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe
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Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe - Location
Capital: São Tomé
Official languages: Portuguese
Government: Democratic semi-presidential Republic
Currency: Dobra (STD)
Population: 193 410
Area: 1 001 km²
Religion: Catholicism
Time Zone: UTC ±0
Auto Code: STP
Internet TLD: .st
Calling code: +239
Corporate Income Tax: 30%
Personal Income Tax: 25-45%
Value Added Tax: 5%
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