1896 - Jose Mercado Rizal, influential Filipino patriot and reformist leader, is executed by Spanish colonial authorities in Bagumbayan; during the subsequent American colonial rule, he will be sponsored as Philippine national hero.
1906 - Persia (Iran) becomes a constitutional monarchy when the Mozaffar al-Din Shah signed the country's first constitution following public unrest and call for Prime Minister Einoddoleh's resignation.
1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed post-revolutionarily--composed of Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasian Federation of what would be Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics.
1993 - The Vatican and Israel sign an accord of mutual recognition in the bid to halt hostilities between Christians and Jews.
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