Today in 1624, 399 years ago: The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister.
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Today in 1846, 177 years ago: within the framework of the American Intervention in Mexico, the then Mexican city of Los Angeles is occupied without resistance by United States military forces under the command of John C. Frémont and Robert F. Stockton, in an important step in the conquest of California.
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Today in 1922, 101 years ago: Real Jaén CF was founded in Andalusia.
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Today in 1942, 81 years ago: Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
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Today in 1900, 123 years ago: The steamer Deutschland of Hamburg America Lines set a new record for the eastward passage when it docked on Plymouth, England, five days, 11 hours and 45 minutes after sailing from New York, breaking by three hours, six minutes its previous mark in its maiden voyage in July.
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Today in 2001, 22 years ago: Veltins-Arena (FC Schalke 04 stadium) opens in Gelsenkirchen (Germany).
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Today in 1807, 216 years ago: during the stormy dawn in the city of Guadalajara Mexico an image of the Virgin of the Rosary is struck by lightning for the first time, the second being in the early morning of August 18 this would later be known as the Virgin of the Lightning
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Today in 1978, 45 years ago: in Beirut (Lebanon), a bomb attack on a building housing Palestinian organizations killed more than 175 people.
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Today in 1924, 99 years ago: in Morocco, in the areas invaded by Spanish and French troops, the nationalist rebellion of the Rif leader Abd el-Krim began, until 1927.
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Today in 2004, 19 years ago: One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
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Today in 2014, 9 years ago: San Lorenzo de Almagro wins the Copa Libertadores de América for the first time in its history
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Today in 1898, 125 years ago: Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
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Today in 1704, 319 years ago: War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
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Today in 1991, 32 years ago: the group Metallica releases its self-titled album.
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Today in 1868, 155 years ago: The 8.5–9.0 Mw Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
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Today in 1889, 134 years ago: William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
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Today in 1993, 30 years ago: Pope John Paul II visits the United States.
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Today in 1964, 59 years ago: Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
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Today in 1779, 244 years ago: American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Today in 1913, 110 years ago: First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
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