Events
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Year
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In the Ussr dies the leader Černenko. Heysel tragedy in Bruxelles. "Snowfall of the century" in Italy
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1985
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In the P.R. of Congo the Nyiragongo erupts. Timor Leste is independent from Indonesia. The princess Margaret dies in London.
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2002
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The Nasa astronauts V. Grissom, E. White and R. Chaffee dies in an accident. The Biafra war starts in Nigeria. ASEAN is founded.
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1967
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Poland, Hungary and Czechia enter in the Nato. The Europol comes into operation. King Hussein of Jordan dies.
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1999
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The African National Congress is founded in South Africa. Arizona joins the Usa. In the Russian Empire the first edition of "Pravda" is printed.
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1912
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The Italian alpinists Compagnoni and Lacedelli conquer the K2. West Germany joins Nato. Marilyn Monroe and Joe Di Maggio wedding.
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1954
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An earthquake causes 1163 deaths in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A former prime minister is killed in Japan. The first image of Sagittarius A* is shown.
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2022
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MItterand is confirmed as France's president. A Pan Am flight explodes above Lockerbie, Scotland. In Panama president Eric Delvalle is deposed by general Manuel Noriega.
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1988
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Vajont disaster in Italy. First episode of "Doctor Who" is aired in Uk. The Alcatraz prison is closed.
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1963
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Japan declares war to Netherlands. Irving Berlin writes "White Christmas". The red army launch the "Operation Uranus".
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1942
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Pepsi Cola is founded in the Usa. Pope Leo XIII dies. 84 people dies in a fire in the underground of Paris.
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1903
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Water ski is invented. Fendi is founded in Italy. The Scottish engineer John Logie Baird invents the television.
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1925
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The ETA is founded in the Basque Country. The soviet probe Luna 2 is the first human artifact to touch the Moon soil. Frejus disaster in France.
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1959
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An Italian worker, Vincenzo Peruggia, steals the Gioconda at the Louvre. A fire in the Triangle factory in New York causes 146 workers. Wuchang uprising in China.
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1911
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Jethro Tull's "Thick as a brick", Yes' "Close to the edge" and Genesis' "Foxtrot" are issued. The Black September organization causes the Munich massacre. Bobby Fischer wins Boris Spassky in Reykjavik.
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1972
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Jurij Gagarin is the first man in space. Sierra Leone and Tanganica (today part of Tanzania) get independence from the Uk. First exibition of the Beatles in the Cavern Club of Hamburg.
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1961
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Hoover is elected president of the Usa. Inauguration of MOMA in New York. The first Oscars are awarded.
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1929
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A tsunami with over 500 m waves crashes in Alaska. Fulgencio Batista escapes from Cuba. The new pope is John XXIII.
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1958
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Francisco Franco becomes the leader of Spain. The last known Tasmanian tiger dies. The Uk changes two times its king.
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1936
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First episode of "The Simpsons" is aired. Matthias Rust with its Cessna lands on the Red Square in Moscow. Margaret Thatcher is charged to lead her third government.
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1987
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