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Today in 1865, 160 years ago: Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.

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Today in 1975, 50 years ago: The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.

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Today in 1553, 472 years ago: in Lima (Viceroyalty of Peru) the University of San Marcos begins to operate in the Convent of Santo Domingo.

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Today in 1762, 263 years ago: England declares war on Spain, fearful of the Family Pact between the French and Spanish Bourbons.

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Today in 2019, 6 years ago: Adventist Health System and its subsidiaries rebranded to AdventHealth.

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Today in 1930, 95 years ago: in China, Jiang Jieshi assumes the leadership of civil power.

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Today in 1971, 54 years ago: in Great Britain, 66 people die in the football match between Rangers and Celtic (second Ibrox Disaster).

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Today in 2004, 21 years ago: in Spain the cities of Oviedo and Torrevieja (Alicante) are twinned.

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Today in 1974, 51 years ago: United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 mph in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.

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Today in 1941, 84 years ago: Cardiff (Wales) -in the context of World War II - a German bombing seriously damaged Llandaff Cathedral.

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Today in 1908, 117 years ago: in the provinces of Barcelona and Girona (Spain) constitutional guarantees are suspended because of a wave of terrorism.

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Today in 1967, 58 years ago: Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California.

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Today in 1900, 125 years ago: American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.

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Today in 1981, 44 years ago: One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

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Today in 1791, 234 years ago: Northwest Indian War: The Big Bottom massacre is committed by Lenape and Wyandot warriors in the Ohio Country, North America.

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Today in 1928, 97 years ago: Police Day begins to be commemorated in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, which will end up becoming International Police Day.

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Today in 1890, 135 years ago: in La Plata (province of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Joaquín V. González created the National University of La Plata.

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Today in 1922, 103 years ago: Crimea becomes independent from the Soviet Union.

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Today in 1990, 35 years ago: the President of the Czechoslovak State, Vaclav Havel visits East Berlin and Munich.

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Today in 1958, 67 years ago: in Venezuela, the government announces the surrender of the rebels in Maracay.

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Today in 1971, 54 years ago: The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.

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Today in 1998, 27 years ago: in Mexico, President Ernesto Zedillo dismisses the Secretary of the Interior, Emilio Chuayffet, as responsible for the Chiapas massacre of December 22, 1997.

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Today in 1984, 41 years ago: in the Persian Gulf, the Iraqi Navy attacks and destroys five Iranian ships.

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Today in 1818, 207 years ago: in Concepción the proclamation of the Act of Independence of Chile is dated

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Today in 1994, 31 years ago: the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Canada, the United States and Mexico comes into force.

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Today in 1944, 81 years ago: in Cairo (Egypt) the tomb of Pharaoh Narmer is discovered.

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Today in 1930, 95 years ago: in Paisley, near Glasgow (Scotland) eighty children die in the fire of a cinema.

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Today in 1971, 54 years ago: an earthquake registered in Central Asia produces a railway accident in Isfahan (Iran) that causes 70 deaths and 130 injuries.

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Today in 1660, 365 years ago: Samuel Pepys begins to write his diary.

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Today in 1979, 46 years ago: the UN proclaims this year as the International Year of the Child.

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Today in 1934, 91 years ago: Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.

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Today in 1651, 374 years ago: Charles II is crowned King of Scotland at Scone Palace.

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