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1943 - Italy declared war on its former Axis partner Germany in World War Two.
1990 - St Basil's Russian Orthodox cathedral next to the Kremlin in Moscow hosted its first service for more than 70 years.
1994 - Faberge Winter Egg unveiled for first time in nearly 50 years at New York auction house.
1997 - Tony Blair met Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, the first meeting between a British prime minister and a Northern Irish Republican leader for more than 70 years.
2002 - British marathon runner Paula Radcliffe shatters record winning 25th Chicago Marathon.
2006 - China's former first lady Wang Guangmei, persecuted during the chaotic 1966-76 Cultural Revolution with her husband, President Liu Shaoqi, died aged 85.
2008 - U.S. economist Paul Krugman, a well-known critic of the Bush administration for policies that he argues led to the current financial crisis, won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics.
2008 - French film star Gerard Depardieu's son Guillaume, who won the French version of an Oscar, a Cesar, for "best new male talent" in 1996 for his role in Pierre Salvadori's black comedy "Les Apprentis" and was also famous for his turbulent private life, died.
2012 - Space Shuttle Endeavour completes two-day cross-country trek to California Science Center in Los Angeles.
2012 - New Guinness world record set in China for largest jigsaw made of tents.
2016 - The Maldives announces decision to withdraw from Commonwealth.
