The Korea Times
1457 BC-Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account. 1705-Queen Anne of England knights scientist Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge 1746-Battle of Culloden: Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart in the final battle of the Jacobite Rising on British soil 1900-U.S. Post Office issues its first stamp booklets containing 12, 24, or 48 two-cent stamps [1] 1948-Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) forms in Paris 1993-Jury reaches guilty verdict in federal case against police officers (two convicted, two acquitted) who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th 2003-Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens, admitting 10 new member states to the European Union
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