1173 Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on St Helena on board British ship the Northumberland.
1898 Rudolf Diesel of Germany obtains patent #608,845 for his internal combustion engine, later known as the diesel engine.
1914 German U-15 was sunk by the British cruiser, H.M.S. Birmingham.
1915 British naval officer David Beatty is confirmed in the rank of vice-admiral.
1945 US drops second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan, destroying part of the city.
2020 Disputed Belarusian presidential election sees long time dictator Alexander Lukashenko officially win 80% of the votes but unofficially lose 60-70% of the votes to main opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Sparks widespread protests in Belarus and international condemnation.
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