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April the 2nd
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2005 |
Pope John-Paul II died at the age of 85. He was Pope for a period of 26 years. |
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1982 |
Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, sparkling the begining of the Falklands War. |
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1978 |
The soap opera, Dallas, premiered on the CBS channel. It run for 13 years straight, earning a following around the globe. |
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1960 |
British athlete, Linford Christie, was born in Saint Andrew, Jamaica. |
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1939 |
American singer, Marvin Gaye, was born in Washington, D.C. He is best remembered by the song that made him famous worldwide, "I Heard It through the Grapevine". |
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1875 |
Walter Chrysler, founder of the Crysler automotive company was born in Wamego, Kansas. |
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1805 |
Danish writer, Hans Christian Andersen, was born in Odense, Denmark. He is considered as one of history's most famous storytellers. |
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1725 |
Giacomo Casanova, was born in Venice. His name is still synonymous to womanizing. |
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1618 |
Italian mathematician and physicist, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, was born in in Bologna. He is considered as one the great physicists of all time. |
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1453 |
The siege of Constantinople by the armies of Mehmed the 2nd began. The city fell almost 2 months later. |
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