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– In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
– Founding of the National Amateur Press Association (NAPA) in Philadelphia.
– More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
– World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong AngloFrench task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
– Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
– World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate JapaneseAmericans to internment camps.
– World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima – about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
– The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
– Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
– Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
– The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
– Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford’s Proclamation 4417.
– Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.