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He died of old age
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Pope Urban called for the first Crusades
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Pope Boniface decreed Unam Sanctum (meaning one holy), the Pope is all holy.
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Philip IV of France died in a hunting accident.
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Columbus noted Tobacco.
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Magellan set across the Pacific Ocean
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King James learned of his gunpowder plot to kill him. Guy Fox planned to blow the King up because he was Catholic.
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16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of the plague. (20 out of the 24 doctors died)
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Samuel Pepys reported the first blood transfution. (done between dogs)
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Archeologists accidentally came upon King Tut's tomb.
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High inflation led to the crash of the market which then led to the Great Depression in America.
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Nazi's launched Kristallnacht an anti-Jew raid.
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Franklin Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term, defeating Thomas Dewey. He died less than a year later.
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The United Nations condemns Apartheid in South Africa for legal discrimination of races.
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This ended the olympics because they were a symbol of worship of the Greek gods and goddesses.
