Today in 2008, 15 years ago: The 29th modern summer Olympic Games took place in Beijing, China until August 24.
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Today in 1938, 85 years ago: in Austria, the Nazis inaugurate the Mauthausen concentration camp.
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Today in 1774, 249 years ago: on the west coast of present-day Canada, the Spaniard Juan Pérez, commanding the frigate Santiago, of the Spanish Navy, discovers the island of Quadra, now known as Vancouver.
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Today in 1918, 105 years ago: World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
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Today in 1949, 74 years ago: Bhutan becomes independent from the British Empire.
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Today in 1992, 31 years ago: Spain won its first Olympic Games in the modality of football at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, defeating Poland 3 to 2.
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Today in 1988, 35 years ago: The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
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Today in 1916, 107 years ago: the Niagara Falls Funicular officially opens in the United States, built by the Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo.
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Today in 1915, 108 years ago: the British submarine HMS E11 sinks the Turkish battleship Barbaros Hayreddin, with the loss of 253 lives.
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Today in 1963, 60 years ago: The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union.
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Today in 2016, 7 years ago: at the emergency entrance of the Civil Hospital in the city of Qüetta (Pakistan), an Islamic State terrorist commits suicide by detonating 8 kg of explosives. The attack left 63 dead and 101 injured.
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Today in 2015, 8 years ago: Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.
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Today in 1831, 192 years ago: Four hundred Shawnee people agree to relinquish their lands in Ohio in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Wapakoneta.
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Today in 1794, 229 years ago: Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
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Today in 2010, 13 years ago: China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
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Today in 2010, 13 years ago: the region of Zhouqu (China) is buried in mud and rock after the fall of several avalanches, with a balance of at least 1471 deaths.
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Today in 1974, 49 years ago: in the United States, President Richard Nixon publicly announces on television his resignation as a result of the Watergate scandal.
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Today in 2018, 5 years ago: In Argentina, the Senate rejects the bill to legalize abortion by 38 votes to 31.
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Today in 1969, 54 years ago: At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
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Today in 1919, 104 years ago: The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
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