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Ancient Greece

Xerxes and the Bridge of Boats

How a Persian King Bridged the Sea to Invade Greece

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2011
Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching staff of the ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, crashed on take-off near Yaroslavl, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 44 of the 45 people on board.
2010
A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
2004
Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada, devastating at least 85 per cent of buildings on the island.
1999
Three weeks after an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, a second earthquake struck Athens, causing Greece and Turkey to initiate "earthquake diplomacy".
1996
American rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Paradise, Nevada, dying six days later.
1986
Desmond Tutu became the first black leader of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

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