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9 CE – The Western Han Dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty, and the beginning of his own, the Xin Dynasty. 1863 – The Metropolitan Railway, London, the world’s oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon. 1927 – Fritz Lang’s futuristic…
1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the citizens to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated. 1788 – Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the United States’ Constitution. 1792 – The Treaty of Jassy between Russia and the Ottoman Empire is signed and ratified….
