Today in 1907, 116 years ago: in Barcelona (Catalonia) the anarchist currents -very firm in Catalonia, the Levant and Southern Spain- founded the Workers' Solidarity union.
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Today in 1810, 213 years ago: in Quito (Ecuador) - within the framework of that country's independence from Spain- the Massacre of the Heroes takes place.
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Today in 1916, 107 years ago: World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
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Today in 1945, 78 years ago: the Potsdam Conference ends.
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Today in 1961, 62 years ago: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
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Today in 1704, 319 years ago: the Anglo-Dutch squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral George Rooke, begins the siege of Gibraltar, during the War of Spanish Succession.
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Today in 1469, 554 years ago: Louis XI of France creates in Amboise the Order of Saint Michael which is a military order.
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Today in 1968, 55 years ago: The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
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Today in 1977, 46 years ago: in Spain, newly liberated from Franco's dictatorship, all parliamentary groups, with the exception of the mixed group, choose the text of the paper to draft the new Spanish Constitution.
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Today in 1658, 365 years ago: Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India.
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Today in 1948, 75 years ago: USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
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Today in 1856, 167 years ago: Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
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Today in 1900, 123 years ago: In Colombia, Vice President José Manuel Marroquín gives Manuel Antonio Sanclemente a coup d 'état.
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Today in 1859, 164 years ago: First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
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Today in 1976, 47 years ago: Honduras and El Salvador agree on a ceasefire.
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Today in 1635, 388 years ago: Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
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Today in 1957, 66 years ago: The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
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Today in 1986, 37 years ago: the presidents of Argentina and Brazil, Raúl Alfonsín and José Sarney, signed in Buenos Aires the economic agreements of mutual integration that will serve as the basis for the future creation of the Latin American common market Mercosur.
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Today in 1921, 102 years ago: in Proszkow (Poland) the highest temperature in the history of that country is recorded: 40.2 °C (104.4 °F).
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Today in 2009, 14 years ago: in Burgos (Spain), ETA carried out an armed action by placing a van bomb with 200 kilos of explosives in the barracks house, causing serious material damage but fortunately only 66 minor injuries.
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