1480-Great Stand on the Ugra River: Standoff between forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and Ivan III, Grand Prince of all Rus, ends with a Tatar-Mongol retreat, leading to the disintegration of the Horde 1769-Captain James Cook lands in New Zealand for the first time near present-day Gisborne on the East Coast of the North Island. A misunderstanding, possibly over a ceremonial challenge, causes the English to shoot and kill Ngāti Oneone leader Te Maro. [ 1856-Second Opium War or Second Anglo-Chinese War begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River 1871-The Great Chicago Fire kills an estimated 300 people and destroys over 4 square miles (10 square km) of buildings and the original Emancipation Proclamation 1915-Battle of Loos ends as German forces contain the British attack, resulting in 85,000 casualties 1917-Leon Trotsky is named chairman of the Petrograd Soviet as Bolsheviks gain control 1962-Algeria is admitted as the 109th member of the United Nations 1965-Muslims in Jakarta set fire to the PKI headquarters 2001-U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishmen