May 23: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1829Viennese instrument maker Cyrill Demian patented the accordion.
2. 1873Canada established the North-West Mounted Police, predecessor of today's Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
3. 1905Sultan Abdülhamid II recognized the Vlachs (Aromanians) of the Ottoman Empire as a separate millet.
4. 1911The grand main building of the New York Public Library was ceremonially opened.
5. 1949The adoption of the Basic Law established the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).

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