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The United States entered the First World War, and declared war on Germany 1917
89.6% Diana, Princess of Wales, died after a high-speed crash in Paris 1997
88.4% Delaware became the first state to ratify the present U.S. Constitution 1787
87.1% Dolly, a female sheep, became the first cloned animal 1996
84% Apple was founded as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 1976
80.6% Apollo 11's lunar module Eagle landed on the Moon's surface 1969
80% Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states of America 1959
77.5% Alexander Graham Bell created and patented the first practical telephone 1876
76.5% The movie Avatar was released, and became the highest-grossing film at the time 2009
75% Euro coins and banknotes became legal tender for 12 countries of the European Union 2002
73.6%
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Flight MH370 disappeared over the South China Sea with all 239 people on board 2014
71.8% George Frideric Handel's 'Water Music' suites premiered on a barge on the River Thames 1717
71.6% Park Geun-hye was elected as the first female president of South Korea 2012
70.6% Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the Mediterranean island of Elba after defeat 1814
69.9% Samuel Colt's revolving-cylinder pistol was patented 1836
64.1% The 'Harrying of the North' began and William the Conqueror quelled rebellions 1069
63.5% The Slavery Abolition Act first went into effect, in most of the British colonies 1834
62.9% Augustus Caesar, first emperor of Rome, died 0014
58.4% Mainz Cathedral suffered extensive damage from a fire on the day of its inauguration 1009
57.5% Charlemagne, nicknamed the 'Father of Europe', died 0814
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