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590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of which country ?
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1214 – During the Anglo-French War, an English invasion force led by John, King of England, lands at which French port ?
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1471 – Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian ruler, was born on this day. By what name was he more commonly known ?
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1764 – Which city is established in Spanish Louisiana ?
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1898 – The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in which harbour, killing 274?
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1923 – Greece becomes the last European country to adopt what ?.
Visa System for Passports
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1949 – Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover what ?
Evidence of Viking Habitation
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1954 – Canada and the United States agree to the construction of what in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska?
System of Radar Stations
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1961 – Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States team of which sport ?
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1965 – Which country adopts a new flag ?
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1971 - Today was known as what day in the United Kingdom ?
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1982 – The drilling rig "Ocean Ranger" sinks during a storm off the coast of where, killing 84 workers ?
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1989 – The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left which country ?
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2012 – Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a prison in which Central American country ?
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A meteor explodes injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings over which country?
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2021 - Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on which African river?