Today in 2013, 11 years ago: in Vatican City, the conclave from which the successor of Benedict XVI will be elected begins.

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Today in 1894, 130 years ago: the first bottles of Coca-Cola are sold in Vicksburg (Mississippi).

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Today in 1938, 86 years ago: Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.

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Today in 1994, 30 years ago: the Anglican Church ordains its first woman priest.​

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Today in 2011, 13 years ago: A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

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Today in 2014, 10 years ago: A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.

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Today in 2020, 4 years ago: The United States suspends travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Today in 1945, 79 years ago: In the context of World War II, the German city of Dortmund is bombed by 1,108 planes that dropped 4,158 bombs, resulting in 1,148 fatalities and 2,451 seriously injured.​

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Today in 1919, 105 years ago: a nationalist movement against the British breaks out in Egypt, which would reach large proportions.

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Today in 1622, 402 years ago: Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

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Today in 2015, 9 years ago: The first season of the Steven Universe animated series ends in the United States, with the episode <>

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Today in 1995, 29 years ago: In the American city of Salt Lake City, Utah, Gordon B. Hinckley is ordained president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Today in 2003, 21 years ago: in Belgrade, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindic is assassinated.

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Today in 1947, 77 years ago: the Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to eradicate communism.

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Today in 1854, 170 years ago: Argentina: The Municipality is installed in San Nicolás de los Arroyos.

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Today in 1912, 112 years ago: The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.

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Today in 1948, 76 years ago: civil war breaks out in Costa Rica, provoked by the annulment of the presidential elections in which Otilio Ulate Blanco had been elected.

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Today in 1876, 148 years ago: Alexander Graham Bell successfully performs his first telephone test (an idea he “borrowed” from the teletrophone built in 1857 by the Italian Antonio Meucci).

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Today in 1909, 115 years ago: By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.

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Today in 2005, 19 years ago: in the city of Mosul (Iraq), a suicide bombing inside a Shiite mosque kills at least 47 people.

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