History
Historical events, civilizations, and significant moments
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History
In 1780, Spanish forces captured a British fort to protect the vital port of New Orleans
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In 1943, the final destruction of the Kraków Ghetto signaled a dark turning point
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In 1815, world leaders took the unprecedented step of declaring an emperor an outlaw
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A 1920 coup attempt forced the German government to flee its own capital
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A single military memorandum forced the Turkish government to resign in 1971
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In 1993, North Korea stunned the world by withdrawing from a major nuclear treaty
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The 1942 surrender of Java marked a total collapse of Allied power in Southeast Asia
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In 2004, a series of coordinated rush hour bombings changed Spain's political landscape forever
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In 1861, the Confederacy adopted a constitution that specifically protected the institution of slavery
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In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev rose to power and began the reforms that would dismantle the Soviet Union
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Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to declare its independence in 1990
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In 2017, a unanimous court ruling made Park Geun-hye the first democratically elected leader removed from office
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Europe's deadliest industrial disaster in 1906 claimed the lives of over 1,000 miners in France
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In 1496, Christopher Columbus left his brother in charge of the first permanent European city in the Americas
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The Sun King Louis XIV seized absolute power in 1661 and became the longest-reigning monarch in history
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