Today in 1781, 242 years ago: The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.

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Today in 2004, 19 years ago: in French Savoy seven young people die in the fire of an equestrian resort.

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Today in 1864, 159 years ago: American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.

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Today in 1913, 110 years ago: the International Medical Conference is held in London.

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Today in 1998, 25 years ago: Alejandro Sanz, Spanish singer, releases the single " Amiga mía", written by himself, It was his first song to reach number 1 on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay.

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Today in 1496, 527 years ago: Bartholomew Columbus, brother of Christopher Columbus, founded the village of Santo Domingo, which soon became the most important in the New World.

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Today in 1783, 240 years ago: in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (now Argentina), the Intendancy of Córdoba del Tucumán was created (which occupies the current provinces of Córdoba, Mendoza, La Rioja, San Juan and San Luis).

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Today in 1939, 84 years ago: The Thirteen Roses: Thirteen female members of the Unified Socialist Youth are executed by Francoist forces in Madrid, Spain.

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Today in 2021, 2 years ago: Australia's second most populous state Victoria enters its sixth COVID-19 lockdown, enacting stage four restrictions statewide in reaction to six new COVID-19 cases recorded that morning.

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Today in 1953, 70 years ago: the exchange of prisoners of war begins in Korea.

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Today in 1962, 61 years ago: Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.

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Today in 1947, 76 years ago: US President Harry S. Truman provides that the people of Puerto Rico (invaded by the United States) can choose their own governor.

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Today in 1874, 149 years ago: Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.

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Today in 1972, 51 years ago: in Uganda an order is issued for all British passport holders to leave the country within two months.

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Today in 2005, 18 years ago: in Portugal, more than 3000 firefighters and 400 military personnel try to control 20 fires that devastate the center and north of the country.

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Today in 1984, 39 years ago: A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes on approach to Zia International Airport, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing all 49 people on board.

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Today in 1925, 98 years ago: Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.

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Today in 1989, 34 years ago: in Bolivia, the Parliament elects the Social Democrat Jaime Paz Zamora as its new president.

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Today in 1861, 162 years ago: The United States Army abolishes flogging.

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Today in 1960, 63 years ago: in Barcelona the police discover a clandestine emigration office.

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