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Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated. He is succeeded by Marcus Opellius Macrinus
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Roger II, King of Sicily, is excommunicated due to him not establishing a buffer state between southern Italy and the Papal States
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The Venus De Milo statue, one of the most famous greek statues, is discovered on the Aegean Island of Milos
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Union forces are defeated by the Confederate army in Mansfield, Louisiana
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Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity, the phenomenon of magnetic fields occurring in objects cooled below certain temperatures
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The soviet forces, in order to help protect Leningrad, open up a much needed railway
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South African Airways Flight 201 crashes into the sea killing 21 people
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Gemini 1, the test rocket for the Gemini series, is launched
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Over Four million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II
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France and Britain sign the Entente Cordiale, forming the alliance that would fight against Germany in WW I
