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597 BC-Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king

1521-Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines, landing on Homonhon Island after crossing the Pacific Ocean

1660-English Long Parliament disbands

1792-King Gustav III of Sweden is shot by Count Jacob Johan Anckarström at a masked ball at the opera and dies on March 29

1867-Joseph Lister first outlines the discovery of antiseptic surgery in an article in "The Lancet"

1935-Adolf Hitler orders German rearmament in violation of the Treaty of Versailles

1968-General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, an Oldsmobile Toronado