CoM Moderators Posted June 23 Posted June 23 1794 - Russian Empress Catherine II (Catherine the Great) grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev 1909 - Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections 1926 - The College Board administers the first SAT exam in USA 1928 - Commencement of West Indies cricket's first ever Test match; England go on to win by an innings and 58 runs at Lord's 1947 - Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt v South Africa 1972 - Hurricane Agnes becomes America's costliest natural disaster, affecting 15 states, with 119 deaths and $3 billion in damage 1979 - Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" becomes No. 1 album in the US featuring "Take the Long Way Home" 1997 - Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 192.25 points 2013 - 9 tourists and 1 tour guide are killed after gunmen storm a hotel near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan 2021 - Rembrandt's masterpiece "The Night Watch" seen in its entirety for first time in 300 years after AI used to fill in pieces trimmed at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam More Historical Events »
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