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Canute the Great dies after a reign which gained territory.
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Pope Urban calls for the First Crusade.
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Pope Boniface decreestn Unam Sanctam.
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Philip IV of France kicks the bucket in a hunting accident.
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Charles VI of France is born.
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Columbus notes tobacco.
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Magella sets sail across the Pacific.
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King James learns of the gunpoweder plot. Guy Faux plots to blow up Catholic king for disobeying parlament.
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16,000 inhabitants die of plague.
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the 1st blood transfusion is performed by Samuel Pepys.
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Archeologists explore the tomb of King Tut.
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the stock market crashes and devistates people across the U.S.
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the nazis terrorize the Jews soon called the night of broken glass.
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FDR was elected for a fourth term by defeating Dewey.
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in 1962 the United Nations condems Apartheid in South Africa.
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Emperor Theodosius banned all pagan worship, which in turn cancelled the olympics.
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Charlamagne's oldest son, Charles, dies at the age of 39.
