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Abbasid Caliph Al-Qahir is deposed and blinded. His nephew al-Radi suceeds him as caliph.
The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term).
Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
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