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African Kingdoms

The Diplomat Kings of Kongo

How an African Kingdom Engaged Europe as an Equal

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2021
A series of four explosions at a military barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea caused at least 107 deaths.
2009
The Kepler space telescope (depicted), designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, was launched.
2009
Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.
1990
Teachers in West Virginia began a labor strike that involved several thousand educators across the state.
1985
The charity single "We Are the World" by the supergroup USA for Africa was released, and went on to sell more than 20 million copies.
1968
Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area.

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