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1544 – Italian War of 1542–46: A French army defeats Habsburg forces at the Battle of Ceresole, in which modern day region of Italy ?
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1689 – William III and which other person are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain ?
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1727 – The premiere of composer's "St Matthew Passion" is performe at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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1868 – Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders which castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate ?
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1909 – Which city, now in Israel was founded on this day ?
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1945 – World War II: American forces liberate which concentration camp ?
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1957 – United Kingdom agrees to the self-rule of which of its territories ?
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1961 – The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in which city ?.
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1977 – Some of London Transport's famous red AEC Routemaster buses are painted what colour ?
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1990 – Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what items on a ship bound for Iraq ?
Hundreds of stolen vehicles
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A portion of the Crown Jewels
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Boxes of counterfeit banknotes
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2002 – Approximately how many people march in Caracas towards the Presidential palace to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez ?
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2006 – Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully acheived what ?
Launched a Spy Satellite
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2011 – An explosion in which city's metro system kills 15 people and injures 204 others ?
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Today is marked as a "World....Day" for which disease ?
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1960 – Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter was born in which English town ?