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• 1713 - War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht
• 1775 - Last execution for witchcraft in Germany
• 1814 - Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
• 1868 - The Shogunate is abolished in Japan
• 1888 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
• 1899 - Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States
• 1921 - First sports broadcast on the radio
• 1945 - World War II: United States forces liberate Buchenwald concentration camp
• 1947 - Jackie Robinson is the first African American to play in a modern-day Major League Baseball game
• 1951 - Korean War: President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea
• 1968 - Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.