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Charles V, oil on canvas by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), 1548; in the Alte Pinakothek, …
Charles V, oil on canvas by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), c. 1548; in the Alte Pinakothek, …
Scala/Art Resource, New York		Charles V
Born this day in 1500, Charles V, who reigned as Holy Roman emperor, king of Spain, and archduke of Austria, long struggled to preserve a Spanish and Habsburg empire that reached across Europe to Spanish America.

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On This Day In History
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Andrew Johnson.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.		1868: U.S. President Andrew Johnson impeached
On this day in 1868, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 126–47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson, whose lenient Reconstruction policies regarding the South after the Civil War angered Radical Republicans in Congress.

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1991:U.S. ground operations began in the Persian Gulf War, more than a month after an air war was launched against Iraq to free Iraqi-occupied Kuwait.
1976:Fidel Castro, 1995.The regime of Fidel Castro adopted the constitution of Cuba, which mandated the operation of only one political party—the Communist Party of Cuba.
1942:The Voice of America made its first broadcast, in German, to counter the propaganda of Nazi leaders.
1848:The antimonarchal Revolutions of 1848 reached France, the one nation where the insurgency was successful.
1821:Agustín de Iturbide made an appeal for an independent Mexico in the Iguala Plan.
1803:In Marbury v. Madison, the U.S. Supreme Court declared an act of Congress unconstitutional, thus establishing the doctrine of judicial review.
1739:Ndir Shh, painting by an unknown artist, c. 1740; in the Victoria and Albert …The Battle of Karnal pitted the invading forces of Nadir Shah of Iran against Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India.
1525:The forces of the Habsburg emperor Charles V annihilated the army of Francis I of France at the Battle of Pavia.
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