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On this day in 1997: Kim Dae-Jung was elected president of South Korea,
Kim Dae-jung’s election as president of South Korea marked a historic milestone for the country, representing the first peaceful transfer...
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On this day in 2011: North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il died
Kim Jong Il ruled North Korea for nearly two decades, presiding over a state defined by secrecy, militarisation and economic...
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On this day in 1773: The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party stands as one of the most decisive acts of political defiance in modern history, transforming a...
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On this day in 2011: The Iraq War officially ended
The Iraq War, launched in March 2003, remains one of the most consequential and controversial military conflicts of the 21st...
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In this day in 1979: The Clash released London Calling
When The Clash released London Calling in December 1979, the record did far more than cement the band’s status as...
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On this day in 2003: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces during
raqi President Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces in December 2003, marking the definitive end of one of the...
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On this day in 2020: English writer John le Carré died at age 89
John le Carré reshaped the modern spy novel by stripping it of glamour and replacing it with moral ambiguity, institutional...
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ON this day in 1972: Apollo 17’s final footsteps: the last humans to walk on the Moon
Apollo 17 marked a historic conclusion to the Apollo lunar programme when astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt became the...
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On this day in 2001: Chilean General Augusto Pinochet died
General Augusto Pinochet remains one of the most polarising figures in modern Latin American history, associated both with the overthrow...
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On this day in 1990: Lech Wałęsa Elected President Of Poland
Lech Wałęsa’s victory in Poland’s landmark 1990 presidential election marked a historic transition for the country, delivering its first democratically...
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