Today in 2007, 16 years ago: An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant.
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Today in 2019, 4 years ago: the former Peruvian president, Alejandro Toledo, is arrested by the US police, thus initiating the extradition process against him for the Odebrecht case.
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Today in 1849, 174 years ago: Antonio María Claret y Clará founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Today in 1927, 96 years ago: in Ocotal (Nicaragua), Augusto César Sandino leads an attack against the US Marines and the National Guard to take this population, but is rejected (Battle of Ocotal).
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Today in 1536, 487 years ago: Jacques Cartier, navigator and explorer, returns home to St. Malo after claiming Stadacona (Quebec), Hochelaga (Montereal) and the River of Canada (St. Lawrence River) region for France.
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Today in 1948, 75 years ago: The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
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Today in 1994, 29 years ago: The comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is destroyed in a head-on collision with Jupiter.
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Today in 1849, 174 years ago: in Vich (Catalonia, Spain), Antonio Maria Claret founded the Catholic religious congregation of the Missionaries Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians.1858: in Lourdes the last apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous.
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Today in 1994, 29 years ago: fragments of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on the planet Jupiter.
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Today in 1951, 72 years ago: King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
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Today in 2013, 10 years ago: Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn resumes between the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Islamist forces, beginning the Rojava–Islamist conflict.
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Today in 1942, 81 years ago: Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
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Today in 1990, 33 years ago: in Ukraine, the Parliament declares this country a sovereign state.
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Today in 1945, 78 years ago: World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
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Today in 1935, 88 years ago: in Oklahoma City (United States), the first parking meter in history is installed.
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Today in 1990, 33 years ago: in the Philippines a violent earthquake measuring 7.9 degrees on the Richter Scale ravages the island of Luzon, causing much damage, leaving more than 3000 dead and more than 25000 injured.
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Today in 1838, 185 years ago: in Santo Domingo the secret society La Trinitaria is created, in order to plan Dominican independence.
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Today in 1661, 362 years ago: The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
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Today in 1951, 72 years ago: J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is published for the first time.
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Today in 1861, 162 years ago: in Virginia (United States) -in the framework of the Civil War - the Union troops under the orders of Abraham Lincoln begin a march of 40 km to enter combat in the Battle of Bull Run, the first great battle of the war.
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