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King Otto of Greece
- 1778 – France and the United States signed the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, establishing military and commercial ties respectively between the two nations.
- 1833 – Otto (pictured) became the first modern King of Greece.
- 1958 – In the Munich air disaster, the plane carrying the Manchester United football club, a number of their fans and journalists covering the team, crashed while attempting to take off from Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany, killing eight players and 15 others.
- 1987 – Mary Gaudron was appointed as the first female Justice of the High Court of Australia.
- 2000 – Second Chechen War: Russia captured Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen government into exile.
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