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August 2nd
Death of Queen Victoria
January 22nd
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October 29th
Germany invades Poland beginning World War II
September 1st
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December 8th
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January 12th
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April 14th
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September 2nd
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April 15th
'A date that will live in infamy' (Japanese attack Pearl Harbor)
December 7th
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September 11th
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July 12th
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee
April 4th
World War I begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
July 28th
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI
April 19th
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April 30th
John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding with his wife
November 22nd
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