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File:Hill 303 Memorial.jpg|Soldiers lay flowers at the memorial for the Hill 303 massacre
File:Hill 303 Memorial.jpg|Soldiers lay flowers at the memorial for the Hill 303 massacre
File:Izmit eart6.jpg|Damage from the 1999 earthquake at İzmit, Turkey
File:Izmit eart6.jpg|Damage from the 1999 earthquake at İzmit, Turkey
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File:MDavis cropped.jpg|Miles Davis
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File:RIAN archive 186141 Nuclear icebreaker Arktika (cropped).jpg|Soviet icebreaker NS ''Arktika''
File:Michael Phelps Rio Olympics 2016.jpg|Michael Phelps
File:Michael Phelps Rio Olympics 2016.jpg|Michael Phelps
File:Vigiles du roi Charles VII 49.jpg|Battle of Verneuil
File:Vigiles du roi Charles VII 49.jpg|Battle of Verneuil
File:Pike Place Market Seattle.jpg|Pike Place Market
File:Indonesia declaration of independence 17 August 1945.jpg|Sukarno proclaiming Indonesia's independence, with Hatta on the right
File:Quebec conference 1943.png|Roosevelt and Churchill in Quebec, with Canadian prime minister [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]]
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|[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Gabon]]''' ([[1960]])
|[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Gabon]]''' ([[1960]])
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| [[1424]] – [[Hundred Years' War]]: Allied [[Kingdom of England|English]] and [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundian]] forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody '''[[Battle of Verneuil]]''' <!-- ''(pictured)'' --> in [[Normandy]], France.
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| [[1807]] – [[Robert Fulton]]'s '''''[[North River Steamboat]]''''', the world's first commercially successful [[paddle steamer]], went into service on the [[Hudson River]] in [[New York]].
| [[1807]] – [[Robert Fulton]]'s '''''[[North River Steamboat]]''''', the world's first commercially successful [[paddle steamer]], went into service on the [[Hudson River]] in [[New York]].
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| [[1884]] – The German colony of '''[[Kamerun]]''' was established, in the region of today's [[Cameroon|Republic of Cameroon]] and surrounding areas.
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| [[1862]] – A council of [[Sioux|Dakota]] decided to attack settlements throughout the [[Minnesota River]] valley in an effort to drive [[White people|whites]] out of the area, sparking the '''[[Dakota War of 1862|Dakota War]]'''.
| [[1862]] – A council of [[Sioux|Dakota]] decided to attack settlements throughout the [[Minnesota River]] valley in an effort to drive [[White people|whites]] out of the area, sparking the '''[[Dakota War of 1862|Dakota War]]'''.
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| [[1866]] - The '''[[Grand Duchy of Baden]]''' announced its withdrawal from the [[German Confederation]] and signed a treaty of peace and alliance<!--no article for this treaty--> with [[Prussia]].
| [[1866]] - The '''[[Grand Duchy of Baden]]''' announced its withdrawal from the [[German Confederation]] and signed a treaty of peace and alliance<!--no article for this treaty--> with [[Prussia]].
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| [[1914]] – [[World War I]]: Ignoring orders to retreat, [[Hermann von François]] led a successful counterattack defending [[East Prussia]] at the '''[[Battle of Stallupönen]]''' and scored the first German victory in the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]].
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| [[1947]] – A commission led by [[Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe|Cyril Radcliffe]] established the '''[[Radcliffe Line]]''', the border between India and Pakistan after the [[Partition of India]].
| [[1947]] – A commission led by [[Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe|Cyril Radcliffe]] established the '''[[Radcliffe Line]]''', the border between India and Pakistan after the [[Partition of India]].
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| [[1962]] – [[East Germany|East German]] border guards shot and killed '''[[Killing of Peter Fechter|Peter Fechter]]''' as he attempted to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] into [[West Berlin]].
| [[1962]] – [[East Germany|East German]] border guards shot and killed '''[[Killing of Peter Fechter|Peter Fechter]]''' as he attempted to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] into [[West Berlin]].
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| [[1969]] – '''[[Hurricane Camille]]''' struck the [[Mississippi]] coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42&nbsp;billion in damage.
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| [[1977]] – The Soviet [[nuclear-powered icebreaker]] '''''[[Arktika (1972 icebreaker)|Arktika]]''''' became the first surface ship to reach the [[North Pole]].
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| [[1980]] – Two-month-old Australian '''[[Death of Azaria Chamberlain|Azaria Chamberlain]]''' was taken from her family's campsite at [[Uluru]] by a [[dingo]], for which her mother was wrongly convicted of [[murder]].
| [[1980]] – Two-month-old Australian '''[[Death of Azaria Chamberlain|Azaria Chamberlain]]''' was taken from her family's campsite at [[Uluru]] by a [[dingo]], for which her mother was wrongly convicted of [[murder]].
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|[[1999]] – '''[[1999 İzmit earthquake|An earthquake]]''' registering 7.6&nbsp;[[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]] northwestern Turkey<!-- ''(damage pictured)''-->, killing more than 17,000 people and leaving more than 250,000 homeless.
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|[[2009]] – A [[Water turbine|hydroelectric turbine]] at the [[Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam]] in Russia '''[[Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident|catastrophically failed]]''', flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.
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| '''[[Nitta Yoshisada]]'''<!--Japanese nobleman--> |d|1338
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| '''[[Davy Crockett]]'''<!--American frontiersman--> |b|1786|
| '''[[Davy Crockett]]'''<!--American frontiersman--> |b|1786
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| '''[[Robert De Niro]]'''<!--American actor--> |b|1943|
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* [[986]] – [[Byzantine–Bulgarian wars]]: The Bulgarians '''[[Battle of the Gates of Trajan|defeated]]''' [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces at the [[Gate of Trajan]] near present-day [[Ihtiman]], with Emperor [[Basil II|{{nowrap|Basil II}}]] barely escaping.
* [[986]] – [[Byzantine–Bulgarian wars]]: The Bulgarians defeated [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces at the '''[[Battle of the Gates of Trajan]]''' near present-day [[Ihtiman]], with Emperor [[Basil II|Basil&nbsp;II]] barely escaping.
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* [[1560]] – The [[Scottish Reformation Parliament|Scottish Reformation Parliament]] approved a Protestant [[Creed#Christian confessions of faith|confession of faith]], initiating the '''[[Scottish Reformation]]''' and disestablishing [[Catholic Church in Scotland|Catholicism as the national religion]].
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* [[1424]] – [[Hundred Years' War]]: The allied English–[[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundian]] force gained a strategically important victory in the bloody '''[[Battle of Verneuil]]''' in [[Normandy]], France.
* [[1676]] – [[Scanian War]]: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the '''[[Battle of Halmstad]]''', the last battle in [[Halland]] between the two countries.
* [[1676]] – [[Scanian War]]: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the '''[[Battle of Halmstad]]'''<!--NOT CITED, the last battle in [[Halland]] between the two countries-->.
* [[1907]] – '''[[Pike Place Market]]''', the most popular tourist destination in [[Seattle, Washington]], U.S., opened for business.
* [[1907]] – '''[[Pike Place Market]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)'' -->, one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]].
* [[1915]] – [[American Jews|American Jew]] '''[[Leo Frank]]''' was [[lynching|lynched]] by a mob of prominent citizens in [[Marietta, Georgia]], for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl.
* [[1915]] – [[American Jews|American Jew]] '''[[Leo Frank]]''' was [[lynching|lynched]] by a mob of prominent citizens in [[Marietta, Georgia]], for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl.
* [[1915]] – The [[Saffir–Simpson scale|Category 4]] '''[[1915 Galveston hurricane]]''' made landfall in [[Galveston, Texas]], and caused a great deal of destruction in its path, leaving 275-400 people dead and {{nowrap|$50 million}} in damage.
* [[1915]] – '''[[1915 Galveston hurricane|A category 4 hurricane]]''' made landfall in [[Galveston, Texas]], leaving at least 275 people dead and causing {{nowrap|$50 million}} in damage.
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* [[1916]] – [[World War I|World War&nbsp;I]]: Romania signed '''[[Treaty of Bucharest (1916)|a secret treaty]]''' with the [[Allies of World War I|Entente Powers]], agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in [[Austria-Hungary]].
* [[1943]] – [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] met in '''[[First Quebec Conference|a highly secret military conference]]''' held in [[Quebec City]].
* [[1943]] – [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] met in '''[[First Quebec Conference|a highly secret military conference]]''' ''(pictured)'' held in [[Quebec City]].
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* [[1943]] – [[World War II|Second World War]]: The [[Royal Air Force]] began a [[Strategic bombing during World War II|strategic bombing campaign]] against Nazi Germany's [[V-weapons|V-weapon]] programme by '''[[Operation Hydra (1943)|attacking]]''' the [[Peenemünde Army Research Center]].
* [[1945]] – '''''[[Animal Farm]]''''', [[George Orwell]]'s satirical [[allegory]] of Soviet [[totalitarianism]], was first published.
* [[1945]] – '''''[[Animal Farm]]''''', [[George Orwell]]'s satirical [[allegory]] of Soviet [[totalitarianism]], was first published.
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* [[1945]] – The '''[[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|independence of Indonesia was proclaimed]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> by [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]] <!-- ''(pictured)'' -->, igniting a '''[[Indonesian National Revolution|revolution]]''' against the [[Dutch colonial empire|Dutch Empire]]<!--, who wanted to regain control of the territory following [[Surrender of Japan|Japan's surrender]] to end [[World War&nbsp;II]] two days earlier-->.
* [[1950]] – [[Korean War]]: A [[Korean People's Army|North Korean Army]] unit '''[[Hill 303 massacre|massacred]]''' 42 American [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] so that they would not slow the North Koreans down<!-- ''(memorial pictured)''-->.
* [[1950]] – [[Korean War]]: Forty-two American [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] '''[[Hill 303 massacre|were massacred]]''' by the [[Korean People's Army]] on a hill above [[Waegwan]], South Korea<!-- ''(memorial pictured)''-->.
* [[1959]] – '''''[[Kind of Blue]]''''' by [[Miles Davis]] ''(pictured)'', one of the best selling and most critically acclaimed [[jazz]] recordings of all time, was released.
* [[1959]] – American musician [[Miles Davis]]<!-- ''(pictured)''--> released '''''[[Kind of Blue]]''''', which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed [[jazz]] recordings of all time.
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* [[1969]] – '''[[Hurricane Camille]]''' struck the [[Mississippi]] coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing {{nowrap|$1.42 billion}} in damages.
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* [[2008]] – '''[[Michael Phelps]]''' won his eighth gold medal of the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Summer Olympics]], the most golds by any person at a single games.
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* [[1999]] – A {{nowrap|7.6 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]]}} earthquake '''[[1999 İzmit earthquake|struck]]''' northwestern Turkey<!-- ''(damage pictured)''-->, killing more than 17,000 people and leaving more than 250,000 homeless.

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* [[2008]] – '''[[Michael Phelps]]''' won his eighth gold medal of the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Summer Olympics]], setting the record for the most golds won by an individual in a single games.
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* Born/died: | '''[[Li Shouzhen]]'''<!--Chinese general--> |d|949| '''[[Katharina von Zimmern]]'''<!--Swiss abbess--> |d|1547| '''[[Korrie Layun Rampan]]'''<!--Indonesian writer, male--> |b|1953| '''[[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]]'''<!--German writer--> |d|1676| '''[[Leslie Groves]]'''<!--American general, male--> |b|1896| '''[[Maureen O'Hara]]'''<!--Irish actress--> |b|1920| '''[[Billy Fiske]]'''<!--American athlete and pilot--> |d|1940| '''[[Robert De Niro]]'''<!--American actor--> |b|1943| '''[[Sean Penn]]'''<!--American actor--> |b|1960| '''[[Dawn Mabalon]]'''<!--American academic--> |b|1972| '''[[Thierry Henry]]'''<!--French footballer--> |b|1977| '''[[Tarja Turunen]]'''<!--Finnish musician, female--> |b|1977| '''[[Saraya Bevis]]'''<!--English professional wrestler--> |b|1992
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* [[2009]] – A [[Water turbine|turbine]] of the [[Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station]] in Russia '''[[2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident|failed catastrophically]]''', flooding the building, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.
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* Born/died: '''[[Li Shouzhen]]'''<!--Chinese general--> |d|949| '''[[Matthew Boulton]]'''<!--English businessman--> |d|1809| '''[[Gene Stratton-Porter]]'''<!--American naturalist, female--> |b|1863| '''[[Leslie Groves]]'''<!--American general--> |b|1896| '''[[Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)|Margaret Hamilton]]'''<!--American computer scientist--> |b|1936| '''[[Billy Fiske]]'''<!--American athlete and pilot--> |d|1940| '''[[Korrie Layun Rampan]]'''<!--Indonesian writer, male--> |b|1953| '''[[Sean Penn]]'''<!--American actor--> |b|1960| '''[[Dawn Mabalon]]'''<!--American academic--> |b|1972| '''[[Thierry Henry]]'''<!--French footballer--> |b|1977| '''[[Paige (wrestler)|Paige]]'''<!--English professional wrestler--> |b|1992


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'''[[August 17]]''': [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Indonesia]]''' ([[1945]])
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* [[1668]] – '''[[1668 North Anatolia earthquake|An earthquake struck]]''' the [[Black Sea Region|North Anatolia region]], killing over 8,000 people.
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* [[1560]] – The [[Scottish Reformation Parliament|Reformation Parliament]] of Scotland approved a Protestant [[Creed#Christian confessions of faith|confession of faith]], initiating the '''[[Scottish Reformation]]''' and disestablishing [[Catholic Church in Scotland|Catholicism as the national religion]].
* [[1876]] – The premiere of '''''[[Götterdämmerung]]''''' by Richard Wagner ''(pictured)'' closed the first [[Bayreuth Festival]].
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* [[1916]] – [[World War I|World War&nbsp;I]]: Romania signed '''[[Treaty of Bucharest (1916)|a secret treaty]]''' with the [[Allies of World War I|Entente Powers]], agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in [[Austria-Hungary]].
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* [[1914]] – [[World War I]]: Ignoring orders to retreat, [[Hermann von François]] led a successful counterattack defending [[East Prussia]] at the '''[[Battle of Stallupönen]]''' and scored the first German victory in the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]].
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* [[1945]] – The [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|independence of Indonesia was proclaimed]]<!--not bold, refimprove--> ''(pictured)'' by [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]], igniting the '''[[Indonesian National Revolution]]''' against the [[Dutch Empire]]<!--, who wanted to regain control of the territory following [[Surrender of Japan|Japan's surrender]] to end [[World War&nbsp;II]] two days earlier-->.
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* [[1943]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Royal Air Force]] began a [[Strategic bombing during World War II|strategic bombing campaign]] against Nazi Germany's [[V-weapons|V-weapon]] programme by '''[[Operation Hydra (1943)|attacking]]''' the [[Peenemünde Army Research Center]].
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* [[1977]] – The Soviet [[nuclear-powered icebreaker]] '''''[[Arktika (1972 icebreaker)|Arktika]]''''' became the first surface ship to reach the [[North Pole]].
{{Born and died list| '''[[Katharina von Zimmern]]'''<!--Swiss abbess--> |d|1547| '''[[Maureen O'Hara]]'''<!--Irish actress--> |b|1920| '''[[Tarja Turunen]]'''<!--Finnish musician, female--> |b|1977}}
{{Born and died list| '''[[Matthew Boulton]]'''<!--English businessman--> |d|1809| '''[[Gene Stratton-Porter]]'''<!--American naturalist, female--> |b|1863| '''[[Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)|Margaret Hamilton]]'''<!--American--> |b|1936| '''[[Gerri Major]]'''<!--American journalist--> |d|1984| }}
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  • Hurricane Camille
    Hurricane Camille
  • Robert Fulton
    Robert Fulton
  • Soldiers lay flowers at the memorial for the Hill 303 massacre
    Soldiers lay flowers at the memorial for the Hill 303 massacre
  • Damage from the 1999 earthquake at İzmit, Turkey
    Damage from the 1999 earthquake at İzmit, Turkey
  • Miles Davis
    Miles Davis
  • Soviet icebreaker NS Arktika
    Soviet icebreaker NS Arktika
  • Michael Phelps
    Michael Phelps
  • Battle of Verneuil
    Battle of Verneuil
  • Pike Place Market
    Pike Place Market
  • Sukarno proclaiming Indonesia's independence, with Hatta on the right
    Sukarno proclaiming Indonesia's independence, with Hatta on the right
  • Roosevelt and Churchill in Quebec, with Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
    Roosevelt and Churchill in Quebec, with Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King

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Independence Day in Gabon (1960) refimprove section
: Independence Day in Indonesia (1945) Independence Day: refimprove, Indonesia: date not cited
1424 – Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France. Too much uncited
1807 – Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat, the world's first commercially successful paddle steamer, went into service on the Hudson River in New York. page numbers needed
1884 – The German colony of Kamerun was established, in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon and surrounding areas. refimprove
1862 – A council of Dakota decided to attack settlements throughout the Minnesota River valley in an effort to drive whites out of the area, sparking the Dakota War. refimprove section
1866 - The Grand Duchy of Baden announced its withdrawal from the German Confederation and signed a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia. single source
1947 – A commission led by Cyril Radcliffe established the Radcliffe Line, the border between India and Pakistan after the Partition of India. cleanup required
1959 – A magnitude 7.3 ML earthquake occurred in southwestern Montana, U.S., causing a huge landslide that caused over 28 fatalities and created Quake Lake. page numbers needed
1962 – East German border guards shot and killed Peter Fechter as he attempted to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin. refimprove
1969 – Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage. Too much uncited
1977 – The Soviet nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika became the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. refimprove
1980 – Two-month-old Australian Azaria Chamberlain was taken from her family's campsite at Uluru by a dingo, for which her mother was wrongly convicted of murder. lots of CN tags in one section
1991 – A spree killer went on a shooting rampage at a shopping mall in Strathfield, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, killing seven people before being committing suicide. lots of CN tags in one section
1998 – U.S. President Bill Clinton admitted in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. appears on January 26
1999 – An earthquake registering 7.6 Mw northwestern Turkey, killing more than 17,000 people and leaving more than 250,000 homeless. needs maintenance
2009 – A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages. Too much uncited
Nitta Yoshisada |d|1338 date not cited
Davy Crockett |b|1786 in popular culture

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Richard Wagner
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