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1307 – Agents of King Philip IV of France launched a raid on the Knights Templar at dawn, arresting many members, subsequently torturing them into giving false confessions and burning them at the stake.
1972 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into a remote area in the Andes mountains near the border of Chile and Argentina; the 16 remaining survivors were not rescued until more than two months later.
1843 – B'nai B'rith(membership certificate pictured), the world's oldest continually operating Jewish service organization, was founded in New York City.
1961 – Newly elected Burundian prime minister Louis Rwagasore was assassinated by his political rivals.
2013 – During the Hindu festival of Navaratri at a temple in Madhya Pradesh, India, rumours about an impending bridge collapse caused a stampede that resulted in 115 deaths.