Today in 1847, 176 years ago: within the framework of the American War of Intervention, the Battle of Padierna takes place between Mexican and American troops.
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Today in 2009, 14 years ago: A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
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Today in 1987, 36 years ago: Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
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Today in 1909, 114 years ago: the first car race is held in Indianapolis (United States).
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Today in 1891, 132 years ago: on the island of Martinique, an earthquake kills 700 people.
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Today in 1983, 40 years ago: in the United States, Hurricane Alice hits the shores of Texas, causing 21 deaths and damage valued at 2.6 billion dollars.
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Today in 1826, 197 years ago: Major Gordon Laing becomes the first European to enter Timbuktu.
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Today in 1952, 71 years ago: in Chile, since this year, the Day of Solidarity has been celebrated, in commemoration of the death of Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, who dedicated his life to the most disadvantaged.
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Today in 1977, 46 years ago: Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest, bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
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Today in 2008, 15 years ago: The President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharra, resigns under threat of impeachment.
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Today in 1970, 53 years ago: Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
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Today in 1958, 65 years ago: Pioneer 0 is the first attempt to launch a lunar rocket.
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Today in 1915, 108 years ago: A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h).
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Today in 1999, 24 years ago: The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
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Today in 1936, 87 years ago: within the framework of the Spanish civil war, the battle of Sierra Guadalupe begins, for which the Republican army suffers a new defeat in the area of Guadalupe, Trujillo and Navalmoral de la Mata.
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Today in 1876, 147 years ago: Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung, the last opera in his Ring cycle, premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
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Today in 1977, 46 years ago: The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
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Today in 1974, 49 years ago: Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie loses his last powers following the dissolution of the Crown Council.
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Today in 1945, 78 years ago: in the United States, Dean Acheson is appointed new Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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Today in 1980, 43 years ago: in Pontevedra, a gas explosion in a hotel caused 26 injuries.
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