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Pope John Paul II, the first pope from this Central European country, dies.
2005		 Poland
83.8%
Austria
5.2%
Hungary
4%
Czechia
2.9%
Conquistador Juan Ponce de León leads the first successful European expedition to this US state.
1513		 Florida
83.8%
Louisiana
8%
Texas
6.1%
Mississippi
2.2%
This South American country occupies the Falkland Islands, triggering a war with the United Kingdom.
1982		 Argentina
82.1%
Chile
5.1%
Brazil
5.2%
Uruguay
3.7%
'2001: A Space Odyssey,' directed by this auteur, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
1968		 Stanley Kubrick
79.3%
Martin Scorsese
5.5%
Roman Polanski
4.7%
Francis Ford Coppola
6.9%
Hans Christian Andersen, author of this Disney-adapted fairy tale, is born in Denmark.
1805		 The Little Mermaid
73.5%
Cinderella
5.5%
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
10.4%
Sleeping Beauty
9.2%
In the Battle of Copenhagen, the British naval fleet is commanded by this Vice Admiral.
1801		 Horatio Nelson
71%
Francis Drake
14.9%
John Jervis
3.3%
James Cook
10.2%
Ras Tafari Makonnen, a messianic figure in the Rastafari movement, becomes emperor of this African nation.
1930		 Ethiopia
63.4%
Eritrea
5.9%
Somalia
9.4%
Kenya
18.4%
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