Today in 1997, 26 years ago: After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.

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Today in 1916, 107 years ago: the Quebec (Canada) bridge falls for the second time, killing 11 men. The bridge had fallen for the first time on August 29, 1907.

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Today in 1981, 42 years ago: the Museum of Modern Art in New York gives Spain the Guernica, the most famous of Picasso's paintings, painted in 1937.

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Today in 1906, 117 years ago: Mahatma Gandhi begins his Nonviolence Movement.

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Today in 1814, 209 years ago: Battle of Plattsburgh.

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Today in 2012, 11 years ago: A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.

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Today in 1789, 234 years ago: in the United States, Alexander Hamilton is appointed first Secretary of State of the Treasury.

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Today in 1905, 118 years ago: The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.

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Today in 1609, 414 years ago: Henry Hudson is the first European to arrive on the island of Manhattan.

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Today in 1992, 31 years ago: in Pakistan and northern India, monsoon storms kill 2,000 people.

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Today in 2005, 18 years ago: the State of Israel officially declares its intention to leave the disputed territory of the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation.

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Today in 1919, 104 years ago: U.S. Marines invade Honduras.

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Today in 2007, 16 years ago: Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.

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Today in 1942, 81 years ago: in Majunga, northwest of Madagascar - in the context of World War II - the British Navy landed an amphibious unit to relaunch the offensive in the Battle of Madagascar.

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Today in 1963, 60 years ago: in Alabama, 20 African-American students enter public schools for the first time.1967: the people of Gibraltar vote to remain in the United Kingdom and not be part of Spain.

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Today in 1721, 302 years ago: the Peace of Nystad ends the war between Russia and Sweden.

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Today in 1897, 126 years ago: Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Today in 1939, 84 years ago: on the coast of Norway - in the context of World War II - the submarine HMS Triton accidentally sinks its companion, the submarine HMAS Oxley, which becomes the first loss of the Royal Navy.

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Today in 1561, 462 years ago: Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.

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Today in 1972, 51 years ago: in Munich (Germany), the United States loses its first international match against the Soviet Union.

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