Today in 1993, 30 years ago: in Paraguay, Juan Carlos Wasmosy takes office as president.
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Today in 1899, 124 years ago: Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England is officially first opened.
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Today in 2003, 20 years ago: in Puertollano (Spain) there is a fire at the Repsol refinery, which leaves three dead.
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Today in 1969, 54 years ago: The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
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Today in 1945, 78 years ago: Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan.
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Today in 1978, 45 years ago: in Bolivia the racist and ultra-right party ADN (Nationalist Democratic Action) was founded, formed by the followers of the former head of state, Hugo Bánzer Suárez.
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Today in 1960, 63 years ago: Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
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Today in 1950, 73 years ago: Pope Pius XII proclaims (without material proof or any biblical mention) the dogma of the supposed Assumption of the Virgin.
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Today in 1998, 25 years ago: in Paraguay, Raúl Cubas Grau takes over as president.
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Today in 1540, 483 years ago: Arequipa, Peru is founded.
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Today in 1981, 42 years ago: Boca Juniors draws with Racing Club 1-1 and is crowned champion of the Metropolitan Championship with the maximum figure of Diego Maradona.
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Today in 2003, 20 years ago: Libya officially acknowledges its responsibility in the Lockerbie bombing (Scotland), which killed 270 people in a Pan Am plane that crashed in 1988.
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Today in 2004, 19 years ago: the journal Pediatric Research publishes the identification of 9 genes involved in sudden infant death.
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Today in 1923, 100 years ago: in Weimar (Germany) the Bauhaus School of Art and Architecture is installed.
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Today in 1940, 83 years ago: An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
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Today in 1824, 199 years ago: The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
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Today in 1916, 107 years ago: in England -in the context of the First World War - German planes bombed Dover, London and Folkestone.
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Today in 2013, 10 years ago: in the United States, the Smithsonian Institute announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first carnivorous species discovered in the Americas in 35 years.
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Today in 1959, 64 years ago: American Airlines Flight 514, a Boeing 707, crashes near the Calverton Executive Airpark in Calverton, New York, killing all five people on board.
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Today in 1695, 328 years ago: French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
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