1640 - Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1821 - Dominican Republic gains Independence from Spain.
1865 - Shaw University: the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
1918 - Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence under Danish crown
1918 - Kingdom of Yugoslavia: is proclaimed uniting the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
1959 - The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space
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