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1526: Suleiman the Magnificent returned to Istanbul from his Central European campaign.
1900: Dr. Karl Landsteiner identified 3 separate blood groups.
1908: Einstein presented his quantum theory.
1914: Fuat Uzkınay filmed "The Destruction of the Russian Monument in Ayastefanos," considered the first Turkish film.
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1918: A republic was declared in Czechoslovakia.
1922: The BBC began radio broadcasts in England.
1922: The liberation of the Malkara district of Tekirdağ.
1925: In Sivas, some individuals hung posters on walls against the Hat Reform. İmamzade Mehmet Necati was sentenced to death for this reason.
1925: The first exhibition of the Surrealists opened in Paris.
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1940: The English city of Coventry was subjected to an air raid; 100 civilians died.
1941: The Turkish Terms Pocket Guide was distributed to high school teachers.
1944: The Ahıska Turks were deported from Ahıska.
1958: Law Professor Ragıp Sarıca stated, "There is no democracy where journalists are detained."
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1960: At the Yassıada trials, the foreign currency corruption case involving former Foreign Minister Fatin Rüştü Zorlu began. On the same day, the bones of a baby were brought from Ankara as evidence in the "Baby Case," in which former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes was being tried.
1964: American actor Kirk Douglas came to Turkey as a "goodwill ambassador." Prime Minister İsmet İnönü received Douglas.
1969: Muammar Gaddafi nationalized all foreign banks in Libya.
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1969: NASA launched the Apollo 12 spacecraft for the second manned mission to the lunar surface.
1971: Mariner 9 reached the planet Mars and earned the title of the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.
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1972: İsmet İnönü resigned from the CHP on November 5, and today he resigned from his parliamentary seat.
1975: Spain renounced its right of sovereignty over Western Sahara.
1976: The foundation of the Çayırhan Thermal Power Plant and Coal Production Facilities was laid.
1983: The Peace Association trial concluded. 18 people were sentenced to 8 years in prison, and 5 people were sentenced to 5 years.
1984: The Turkish National Football Team was defeated 8-0 by England on its home turf.
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1985: The Democratic Left Party (DSP) was founded.
1991: A foreign ship loaded with sheep collided with another foreign-flagged ship off the coast of Anadoluhisarı; 2 sailors went missing, and 22 thousand sheep drowned.
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1993: Naim Süleymanoğlu won 3 gold medals at the Weightlifting Championships in Melbourne.
1999: US President Bill Clinton arrived in Ankara for an official visit.
2001: The A National Football Team defeated Austria in the World Cup European Qualifiers play-off match, earning the right to participate in the World Cup finals after a 48-year hiatus.
2005: The domestic terminal of Esenboğa Airport burned down completely.
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