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Pope John Paul II, the first pope from this Central European country, dies.2005
Poland
83.4%
Austria
5.4% Hungary
4% Czechia
2.8%
Conquistador Juan Ponce de León leads the first successful European expedition to this US state.1513
Florida
83.2%
Louisiana
8.1% Texas
6.5% Mississippi
2.3%
This South American country occupies the Falkland Islands, triggering a war with the United Kingdom.1982
Argentina
81.4%
Chile
5.5% Brazil
5.2% Uruguay
3.5%
'2001: A Space Odyssey,' directed by this auteur, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.1968
Stanley Kubrick
78.9%
Martin Scorsese
5.6% Roman Polanski
4.7% Francis Ford Coppola
6.8%
Hans Christian Andersen, author of this Disney-adapted fairy tale, is born in Denmark.1805
The Little Mermaid
72.7%
Cinderella
5.4% Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
10.5% Sleeping Beauty
9.3%
In the Battle of Copenhagen, the British naval fleet is commanded by this Vice Admiral.1801
Horatio Nelson
70.7%
Francis Drake
14.5% John Jervis
3.1% James Cook
10.4%
Ras Tafari Makonnen, a messianic figure in the Rastafari movement, becomes emperor of this African nation. 1930
Ethiopia
63.4%
Eritrea
6.1% Somalia
9.3% Kenya
17.8%
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