Mitsubishi Aircraft Company was established here in 1920 and became one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers.
British forces carried out a mass-arrest of Jomo Kenyatta and 180 other alleged Mau Mau leaders in 1952.
The fall of the Baathist regime ended restrictions on Shi'ite pilgrimage, which led to the government-sponsored redevelopment of the previously demolished western area of the city as the City of Pilgrims project in 2006.
In 1940, a Japanese-collaborationist government known as the 'Reorganized National Government of China' led by Wang Jingwei was established in this city as a rival to Chiang Kai-shek's government in Chongqing.
It served as the capital of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy in 1861.
Because of its strategic position, an American air base was built here during World War II, providing support for allied troops fighting in North Africa.
On 6 November 2006, more than 12,000 troops marched in the new capital in its first public event: a massive military parade to mark Armed Forces Day—which is the anniversary of the 1945 revolution against the Japanese occupation of Burma.
On 12 December 1911, George V, Emperor of India, declared that the capital of the Raj would be shifted from Calcutta to this city.
United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
It was divided into Greek and Turkish Cypriot quarters with the Green Line, named after the colour of the pen used by the United Nations officer to draw the line on a map of the city in 1964.
During September 1944, the city saw heavy fighting during Operation Market Garden.
Several Roman emperors were born here or used it as a residence: Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor and the founder of Constantinople; Constantius III; Constans; Vetranio; Julian; Valentinian I; Valens; and Justin I.
The city was attacked twice in 1976 by the Polisario Front during the Western Sahara conflict, but little damage was caused by the guerrillas.
In May 1918, the Czechoslovak Legion rose in opposition to the revolutionary government and, together with the White Guards, captured the city.
Between 1945 and 1946, German officials involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity were brought before an international tribunal here.
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