1896 - The trial of Mariano Ordenanza and revolutionaries from Bicol and other parts of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period starts in Manila; Ordenanza will be meted 20 years in Bilibid prison while others will either be deported or be executed at Bagumbayan.
1890 - The United States Army massacres 146 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek, the final major chapter of the Indian Wars.
1975 - A radical new British legislation gives women the right to equal status and pay.
1996 - Thirty-six years of Guatemalan conflict is ended with the signing of a peace accord.
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