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Constitution Day in Uruguay ( 1830) | unreferenced section |
1389 – France and England agreed to the Truce of Leulinghem, establishing a 13-year peace during the Hundred Years' War. | single source |
1870 – The First Vatican Council declared that the Pope is infallible when he solemnly declares a dogmatic teaching on faith as being contained in divine revelation. | citation style |
1925 – The first volume of Adolf Hitler's personal manifesto Mein Kampf was published. | unreferenced section |
1942 – German engineers test flew the Messerschmitt Me 262 with jet engines for the first time. | refimprove section |
1982 – Guatemalan military forces and their paramilitary allies slaughtered over 250 Mayans in the village of Plan de Sánchez, Baja Verapaz. | refimprove section |
1984 – The dismembered body of Swedish prostitute Catrine da Costa was found in Stockholm; the findings later led to a trial that ended in a mistrial for two accused doctors. | refimprove section |
1992 – A university professor and nine students from La Cantuta University in Lima, Peru, were abducted and "disappeared" by a military death squad. | unreferenced section |
1995 – During the fifteenth stage of the 1995 Tour de France, Italian cyclist Fabio Casartelli suffered a fatal crash on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet. | refimprove |
1995 – After a long period of dormancy, the Soufrière Hills volcano began a still-ongoing eruption (pictured), devastating the island of Montserrat. | refimprove section |
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