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Today in 1964, 62 years ago: An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.

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Today in 1941, 85 years ago: Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.

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Today in 1942, 84 years ago: in World War II, Thailand declares war on the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Today in 1918, 108 years ago: The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Soviet Russia.

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Today in 1919, 107 years ago: Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.

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Today in 1918, 108 years ago: in Kiev the People's Republic of Ukraine is proclaimed, whose Government declares itself independent.

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Today in 1966, 60 years ago: in a well 213 meters underground, in the U10m area of the Nevada Atomic Test Site (about 100 km northwest of the city of Las Vegas), at 7:17 (local time) the United States detonates its 0.15 kiloton Reo atomic bomb. It is the 446th of 1132 bombs that the United States detonated between 1945 and 1992.

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Today in 1939, 87 years ago: Nazi Germany prohibits the professional activity of Jewish dentists, veterinarians and pharmacists.

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Today in 2020, 6 years ago: COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19.

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Today in 1863, 163 years ago: The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.

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Today in 1776, 250 years ago: during the American Revolution, Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.

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Today in 1811, 215 years ago: Charles Deslondes leads an unsuccessful slave revolt in the North American settlements of St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.

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Today in 1959, 67 years ago: the United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.

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Today in 1976, 50 years ago: in Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge rename the nation as the "Democratic Republic of Campuchea" and begin a genocide that will be stopped by the Communist Government of Vietnam.

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Today in 1815, 211 years ago: Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.

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Today in 1990, 36 years ago: United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.

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Today in 1992, 34 years ago: the United States officially establishes diplomatic relations with Russia.

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Today in 1942, 84 years ago: the United Nations Declaration is signed in New York.

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Today in 1983, 43 years ago: The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.

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Today in 1951, 74 years ago: Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe.

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