Today in 1974, 49 years ago: a third of Bangladesh is covered by water, following floods that have killed around 2,000 people and destroyed 800,000 homes.
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Today in 1965, 58 years ago: The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
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Today in 2019, 4 years ago: The revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (state) occurred and the state was bifurcated into two union territories (Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) and Ladakh).
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Today in 1952, 71 years ago: In Algeria -a French colony - the FADRL (Algerian Front for the Defence and Respect of Freedoms) was established.
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Today in 1999, 24 years ago: the Republic of Montenegro approves a proposal to turn Yugoslavia into a confederation of two sovereign states with equal rights and under a new name, that of the Union of Montenegro and Serbia.
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Today in 1903, 120 years ago: the Colombian Congress rejects the treaty for the construction of the Panama Canal, between the United States and Colombia.
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Today in 1940, 83 years ago: in Abyssinia, Italian troops stationed there launch an offensive against British Somalia.
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Today in 1583, 440 years ago: the British navigator Humphrey Gilbert lands on the island of Newfoundland, which will be the first colony that England will have in North America.
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Today in 1925, 98 years ago: in Spain a judicial edict is published against Miguel de Unamuno.
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Today in 2004, 19 years ago: in Russia 16 people die in the accident of a forest inspection helicopter.
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Today in 1979, 44 years ago: Mauritania cedes its share of Western Sahara to the Polisario Front.
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Today in 1967, 56 years ago: the album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, by the British band Pink Floyd, is released in London.
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Today in 1963, 60 years ago: the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty for the Partial Prohibition of Atmospheric, Space and Submarine Nuclear Tests, prior to the SALT Agreements.
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Today in 1903, 120 years ago: Russia sends a squadron to face Turkey after the murder of the Russian consul in Monastir.
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Today in 1961, 62 years ago: in Bilbao, a fire destroys the bullring.
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Today in 1988, 35 years ago: in Afghanistan, Soviet troops leave Kandahar, the former capital of that country.
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Today in 1858, 165 years ago: the first submarine transatlantic cable is laid from which the first telegram between the Old and the New World will be transmitted, two days later.
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Today in 2009, 14 years ago: Wikipedia in Spanish reaches the figure of 500,000 articles
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Today in 1966, 57 years ago: the album Revolver, by the British band The Beatles, is released in London.
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Today in 1981, 42 years ago: President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
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