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World War I
The First World War, also called the Great War, was a global military conflict, although centered in Europe, that began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918, when Germany accepted the terms of the armistice. -
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Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra, popularly known as Frank Sinatra, was an American singer and actor. He left, through his records and live performances, a canonical legacy in regards to the male vocal interpretation of music. His recordings reached the music charts 209 times. -
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Spanish flu pandemic
The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918. -
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Hiroshima
To date, the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict occurred in 1945 with the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On August 6, 1945, a uranium gun-type device (code name "Little Boy") was detonated over the Japanese city of Hiroshima -
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Korean War
The Korean War was a war that occurred on the Korean peninsula between 1950 and 1953, where the Republic of Korea, supported by the armed forces of several countries, faced each other. -
Smking is banned
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Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. airmen
On June 25, 1996, a tanker truck loaded with 25,000 pounds of explosives rips through the U.S. Air Force military housing complex Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 U.S. airmen and wounding nearly 500 others. The terrorist attack that blew off much of the eight-story Building 131, leaving a crater 50 feet wide and 16 feet deep, was the deadliest attack against U.S. forces since the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut that left 241 dead.
