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Today in 1885, 140 years ago: in La Plata, Argentina, the house of Dardo Rocha is inaugurated, built in just 40 days.​

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Today in 1934, 91 years ago: in Germany the law dictated by the Nazi government "for the prevention of offspring with hereditary diseases" comes into force.

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Today in 1980, 45 years ago: Afghan and Iranian protesters storm the embassy of the Soviet Union in Tehran, protesting the occupation of Afghanistan.

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Today in 1945, 80 years ago: World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed, attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.

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Today in 1567, 458 years ago: in Granada (Spain), Felipe II publishes a pragmatic against the uprising attitude of the Moors, the origin of the War of the Alpujarras.

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Today in 1942, 83 years ago: the United Nations Declaration is signed in New York.

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Today in 1857, 168 years ago: the new Civil Code came into force in Chile.

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Today in 1833, 192 years ago: the United Kingdom proclaims its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

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Today in 1947, 78 years ago: in the United Kingdom, the Labour government of Clement Attlee nationalizes coal mines.

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Today in 2017, 8 years ago: a riot in a prison in Brazil leaves at least 60 dead.

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Today in 2007, 18 years ago: Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.

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Die Regierung verkündet, dass sie eine Speicherpflicht für IP-Adressen will. Grüne dementieren aber einen neuen Kurs bei der Vorratsdatenspeicherung.


Today in 1945, 80 years ago: Operation Konrad I begins with the aim of trying to liberate the German-Hungarian troops surrounded in Budapest by the Red Army.

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Today in 1917, 108 years ago: in Buenos Aires, the Club Atlético Los Andes, team of the Argentine second division of football, was founded.

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Today in 1989, 36 years ago: The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.

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Today in 2005, 20 years ago: Andahuaylazo occurs in Peru. Antauro Humala, brother of former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, captures the Andahuaylas police station; 4 police officers and 1 reservist die.

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Today in 1999, 26 years ago: in Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso assumes the position of president for the second time.

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Today in 1818, 207 years ago: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (anonymously) publishes the pioneering work of science fiction, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, in London.

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Today in 1772, 253 years ago: The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.

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Today in 1515, 510 years ago: King Francis I accedes to the throne.

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Today in 1970, 55 years ago: in the United Kingdom the age of majority is set at 18.

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Today in 2023, 2 years ago: Croatia officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the Schengen Area.

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Today in 2011, 14 years ago: in Brazil, Dilma Rousseff takes over as president, succeeding Lula da Silva.

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Today in 1962, 63 years ago: Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.

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Today in 1725, 300 years ago: J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41, which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end.

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Today in 1949, 76 years ago: clashes between Zulu customers and Hindu merchants in the west market of Durban (South Africa) cause the death of seventy-five people.

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Today in 2000, 25 years ago: about 100 million mobile phones circulate around the world.

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Today in 1965, 60 years ago: in Spain the second channel of Spanish Radiotelevision is inaugurated, which was historically known as "el UHF", "La Segunda Cadena" or "Cadena II" and in the eighties as TVE-2. It is currently known as La 2.

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Today in 1969, 56 years ago: clashes between Catholics and Protestants in Londonderry (Northern Ireland) cause 120 injuries.

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Today in 1919, 106 years ago: in Germany, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht and Wilhelm Pieck found the German Communist Party.

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Today in 1986, 39 years ago: Spain and Portugal joined the EEC. VAT comes into effect.

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Today in 1885, 140 years ago: Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).

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Today in 1504, 521 years ago: in Italy, the Spanish army enters Gaeta, thus ending the war that confronted France and Spain for Naples.

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Today in 2001, 24 years ago: the dollar enters circulation in El Salvador.

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Today in 2019, 6 years ago: The American Wrestling Company All Elite Wrestling known as AEW is founded.

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Today in 1956, 69 years ago: Sudan becomes independent from the British Empire.

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Today in 1978, 47 years ago: Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Bombay, India, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, killing all 213 people on board.

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Today in 1997, 28 years ago: Ghanaian Kofi Annan takes office as Secretary-General of the UN, replacing Egyptian Butros Ghali.

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Today in 1921, 104 years ago: La Gaceta de Madrid publishes the authorization to build the Faculty of Medicine and the Clinical Hospital in Moncloa.

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