| 1519 | | 8 Nov:
New Spain is founded. This includes much of North, South and Central America.GMU npr |
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| 1654 | | 26 Jan:
Portugal decrees that Jewish and Dutch settlers have three months to leave Brazil. Many of the refugees go on to establish the first Jewish community in Nieuw-Amsterdam.LoC JVL |
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| 1897 | | 20 Aug:
World Mosquito Day marks the discovery of the malaria parasite.Mosquito EM |
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| 1918 | | Feb:
The Spanish Flu pandemic kills at least 3% of the World's population.VLib npr |
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| 1967 | | 8 Oct:
Ernesto "Ché" Guevara is captured in Bolivia.WAPO PBS |
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Ernesto "Ché" Guevara is executed by Bolivian soldiers.GWU PBS |
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| 2005 | | 14 Jan:
The Huygens probe successfully lands on Saturn's largest moon Titan - the only landing to take place in the outer Solar System and the furthest from Earth.esa NASA |
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