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Brutus commits suicide, 42 BC
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Leif Ericson's ships reach Vinland.
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Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea defeats the first Crusaders
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The Battle of Agincourt takes place in the Hundred Years' War.
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Johann Guttenberg's Bible is the first book to be published
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King Henry the seventh of England invades France.
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Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.
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King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleeves.
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William of Orange accepts the invitation from the English parliament to occupy the throne.
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Spain declared war against England.
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The Great Chicago Fire begins.
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The Boer War begins in South Africa.
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Annie Taylor is the first woman to ride in a barrel down Niagra Falls.
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President Wilson says that the US will never attack another country.
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Great Britain successfully tests a-bomb.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war.
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The worst driver in America is discovered.
