Today in 1947, 76 years ago: Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire.

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Today in 1979, 44 years ago: Spanish police kill Pedro Tabanera Pérez, one of the most wanted members of GRAPO.

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Today in 1932, 91 years ago: in Italy, Guglielmo Marconi developed the first apparatus for ultra-short waves.

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Today in 2002, 21 years ago: the largest floating structure in the world, built by the Spanish groups FCC and Dragados, leaves for Monaco in the Bay of Algeciras. The dock, 350 meters long and 19 meters high, has 400 parking spaces, a port for recreational boats and facilities for berthing cruise ships over 200 meters in length.

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Today in 1939, 84 years ago: the film Tango nocturno premiered in Barcelona, starring Pola Negri.

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Today in 1941, 82 years ago: World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.

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Today in 2006, 17 years ago: Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council’s approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon and Israel.

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Today in 1953, 70 years ago: in Tiriez (Albacete) a Roman village and necropolis are discovered.

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Today in 1917, 106 years ago: World War I: The Republic of China, which had heretofore been shipping labourers to Europe to assist in the war effort, officially declares war on the Central Powers, although it will continue to send to Europe labourers instead of combatants for the remaining duration of the war.

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Today in 1968, 55 years ago: in the city of Montevideo (Uruguay) the student leader Líber Arce is murdered.

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Today in 2011, 12 years ago: In the United Kingdom the record label NCS (NoCopyrightSounds) is created.

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Today in 2018, 5 years ago: in Genoa (Italy) part of the Morandi bridge collapses, causing more than thirty deaths.

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Today in 1998, 25 years ago: in Argentina, under the government of Carlos Saúl Menem, judges at the highest levels decide to "close down" the investigations into those disappeared during the dictatorship.

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Today in 1978, 45 years ago: in Romania, Hua Guofeng (head of the Chinese Communist Party) begins her first trip to Europe.

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Today in 1996, 27 years ago: Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.

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Today in 2001, 22 years ago: an experimental NASA plane, powered by solar photovoltaic energy, breaks the world record for flight height.

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Today in 1598, 425 years ago: the Casa-Lonja is inaugurated in Seville, which will later become the General Archive of the Indies.

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Today in 1959, 64 years ago: diplomatic relations between Jordan and the United Arab Republic are restored.

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Today in 1982, 41 years ago: Iranian forces unleash an offensive against Iraq, coinciding with the first day of the holy month Ramadan.

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Today in 1977, 46 years ago: Spain accedes to the Protocol to Extend the Status of Refugees.

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