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★23 Mar 1888
Led by William McGregor, ten football clubs met in London for the purpose of founding the Football League, the oldest league competition in world football.

★23 May 1895
Representatives of the Astor Library and Lenox Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library, now the second-largest public library in the United States.

★27 May 1896
The St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, one of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history, struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing more than 255 people and injuring at least 1,000 others.

★09 Jul 1896
Politician William Jennings Bryan made his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism, considered one of the greatest political speeches in American history.

★31 Mar 1899
Philippine–American War: Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, was captured by American forces.

★12 Feb 1909
New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century took place when 75 people died after the ferry SS Penguin struck a rock in Wellington Harbour and sank.

★05 Dec 1916
Amid the First World War and following his loss of support in Parliament, British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith resigned.

★10 Jan 1929
The Adventures of Tintin, a series of popular comic books created by Belgian artist Hergé, first appeared in a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle.

★31 Aug 1935
In an effort to stay out of the growing European conflict, the United States passed the first of its Neutrality Acts.

★25 Dec 1941
Second World War: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when Mark Aitchison Young, the Governor of Hong Kong, surrendered the territory to Japan after 18 days of fierce fighting.

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