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1302 – Dante Alighieri, the poet and politician, is exiled from Florence, Italy, where he served as one of six priors governing the city. 1825 – The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears". 1927 – Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd. 1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat. 1973 – The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty. 1993 – American-born sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first foreigner to be promoted to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna. 2003 – The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress. 2006 – Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. 2010 – The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras. 2011 – Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a. 2013 – Two hundred forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the city of Santa Maria, Brazil.