Today in 1805, 219 years ago: the Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as king.

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Today in 1902, 122 years ago: in Madrid (Spain), the first car was registered, belonging to the Marquis of Bolaños.

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Today in 1881, 143 years ago: Tsar Alexander II is assassinated in Russia by a bomb attack.

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Today in 1996, 28 years ago: In Washington, the U.S. government passes the Helms-Burton Act, which intensifies economic and financial measures against Cuba.

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Today in 1811, 213 years ago: Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delays the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.

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Today in 1689, 335 years ago: James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.

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Today in 1989, 35 years ago: Tim Berners-Lee writes the first draft that defined the web and hypertext, a proposal that will lay the foundations of the global network of collective knowledge.​

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Today in 1968, 56 years ago: the island of Mauritius becomes independent from the British Empire.

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Today in 1986, 38 years ago: Spaniards voted yes in a referendum on the country's membership in NATO.

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Today in 1950, 74 years ago: the Belgians approve in a referendum the return of King Leopold.

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Today in 1550, 474 years ago: the Battle of Penco occurs, a conflict fought in the War of Arauco

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Today in 1971, 53 years ago: The 1971 Turkish military memorandum is sent to the Süleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.

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Today in 1993, 31 years ago: North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.

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Today in 1967, 57 years ago: Suharto takes over from Sukarno and becomes President of Indonesia.

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Today in 1908, 116 years ago: the Pan-Macedonian group is formed in Athens to support the Greek Macedonian minority.

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Today in 1999, 25 years ago: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.

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Today in 1989, 35 years ago: Sir Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the World Wide Web.

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Today in 1913, 111 years ago: Canberra becomes the capital of Australia.

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Today in 1940, 84 years ago: in Moscow (Soviet Union) - within the framework of World War II - Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost the entire area of Karelia. Finnish troops evict the resident population.

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Today in 1958, 66 years ago: the attacks of Moroccan armed gangs of the Istiqlal party against the Spanish garrisons of Ifni end.

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