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1111 – Henry V, the last ruler of the Salian dynasty, was crowned Holy Roman
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1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act was granted royal assent, removing the most
substantial restrictions on Catholics in the United Kingdom.
1943 – World War II: German news announced the discovery of a mass grave in Katyn,
Russia, of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces, causing a diplomatic
rift between the Polish government-in-exile and the USSR.
1958 – In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn (pictured) won
the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
1984 – Indian forces launched Operation Meghdoot, a preemptive attack on the
disputed Siachen Glacier region of Kashmir, triggering a military conflict with
Pakistan.
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