2010 - Respect for the Aged Day (Japan);Feast Day of the Korean Martyrs (Roman Catholic Church)
1378 – Papal Schism: Unhappy with Pope Urban VI (pictured), a group of cardinalsstarted a rival papacy with the election ofAntipope Clement VII, throwing the Roman Catholic Church into turmoil.
1854 – The Crimean War began with aFranco-British victory over Russian forces at the Battle of Alma near the River Alma in Crimea.
1870 – The Bersaglieri entered Rome, ending thetemporal power of the Pope and completing theunification of Italy.
1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival opened inCannes, France, with eleven films eventually sharing thePalme d'Or award, then known as the Grand Prize of the Festival, that year.
1979 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, ruler of the Central African Republic, was ousted in a coup d'état backed by the French government.
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