54: Nero succeeds Claudius as Roman Emperor
1307: French King Philip IV has Grand Master Jacques de Molay and Knights Templar arrested and charged with idolatry and corruption
1884: International Meridian Conference in Washington DC establishes Greenwich in London, England as the universal time meridian of longitude
1924: Mecca falls without struggle to Saudi forces led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
1943: Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany
1944: US 1st army begins battle of Aachen, first German city captured during World War II
A miner kneels to pray after being rescued from the San Jose mine in CopiapóCopiapó Mine Rescue
2010: Copiapó mining accident in Chile comes to a happy end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground
Source: Onthisday.com
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