Today in 1919, 104 years ago: in Spain, the Congress approves the opinion regarding the entry of this country into the League of Nations.
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Today in 2008, 15 years ago: the war between Georgia and the pro-Russian autonomous republic of South Ossetia begins.
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Today in 1924, 99 years ago: in Lima (Peru), the University Football Federation (now the University Sports Club) was founded.
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Today in 1964, 59 years ago: Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
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Today in 1711, 312 years ago: the Hippodrome of Ascot was founded. A few days later, his first horse race was held.
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Today in 1942, 81 years ago: World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
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Today in 2010, 13 years ago: in Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos takes over as president for the period 2010-2014.
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Today in 1924, 99 years ago: the Juventud Junior football team (now Atlético Junior) was founded in Barranquilla (Colombia).
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Today in 2018, 5 years ago: in Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez takes over as president for the period 2018-2022.
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Today in 1963, 60 years ago: In Rajadell, Spain, the Civil Guard ambushes and kills Ramón Vila, an anti-Franco guerrilla who had fought on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War and against the Germans in France.
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Today in 1911, 112 years ago: the Emergency and Public Assistance Hospital "Dr. Alejandro del Río" is inaugurated in Santiago de Chile.
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Today in 1997, 26 years ago: Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
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Today in 1996, 27 years ago: near Biescas (Huesca) 87 people die and 183 are injured as a result of a flood caused by a storm that devastated the Las Nieves campsite.
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Today in 1839, 184 years ago: the Pulkovo Observatory was inaugurated.
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Today in 1999, 24 years ago: The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
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Today in 1962, 61 years ago: in Colombia, Guillermo León Valencia takes over as president.
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Today in 1990, 33 years ago: in Colombia, César Gaviria takes over as president.
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Today in 1966, 57 years ago: in Colombia, Carlos Lleras Restrepo takes over as president.
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Today in 1985, 38 years ago: Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
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Today in 1969, 54 years ago: Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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