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1821 - Spain cedes Florida to the US
1917 - Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor
1918 - The Romanov royal family are executed by a Bolshevik firing squad Siberia
1936 - Spanish generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola lead a right-wing uprising, starting the Spanish Civil War
1959 - North by Northwest directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint premieres in Los Angeles
1968 - The Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine premieres in London
1979 - Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo
1992 - Slovak parliament declares independence from Czechoslovakia, beginning the so-called Velvet Divorce
2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board
1917 - Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor
1918 - The Romanov royal family are executed by a Bolshevik firing squad Siberia
1936 - Spanish generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola lead a right-wing uprising, starting the Spanish Civil War
1959 - North by Northwest directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint premieres in Los Angeles
1968 - The Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine premieres in London
1979 - Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo
1992 - Slovak parliament declares independence from Czechoslovakia, beginning the so-called Velvet Divorce
2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board