History
Historical events, civilizations, and significant moments
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History
A 292-day siege ended in 1865 when Union forces finally captured Petersburg
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History
In 2004, a second terrorist plot to bomb Spanish high-speed trains was narrowly thwarted
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A 1992 massacre in Bijeljina marked the violent beginning of the Bosnian War
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In 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev visited Havana to bridge a growing rift with Fidel Castro
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In 1801, a daring British naval attack forced Denmark out of a neutral alliance
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In 1865, the Union victory at Five Forks doomed the Confederate capital
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Margaret Thatcher introduced a controversial new tax in 1989 that sparked mass protests
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A 1081 coup saw an emperor's own troops spend three days looting Constantinople
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A secret militant group began a 1955 rebellion to end British rule in Cyprus
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The 1814 occupation of Paris marked the final collapse of Napoleon's great empire
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In 1933, the United States launched a massive work program to fight unemployment
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A 1939 British pledge to defend Poland set the stage for World War II
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A remote 1885 border clash nearly triggered a world war between two empires
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A 1949 riot in Reykjavík broke out when Iceland abandoned its neutrality
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In 1844, a decisive battle in Santiago secured Dominican independence from Haiti
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