1834 - "Harold in Italy"‚ symphonic work for orchestra and viola by Hector Berlioz‚ premieres and at the Paris Conservatoire; Chrétien Urhan soloist‚ with Narcisse Girard conducting 1890 - General elections in Italy won by the Left group headed by Francesco Crispi 1913 - Jim Larkin and James Connolly establish the Irish Citizens Army in order to protect strikers 1914 - The US Army withdraws from Mexico 1923 - Germany's Gustav Stresemann's government falls to the SPD 1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1977 - European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral 1991 - Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4‚031 yards passed in a season‚ and 15‚031 yards for career 2003 - Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections 2014 - Magnus Carlsen defends his World Chess Championship title after defeating Vishy Anand More Historical Events »