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The Marvel of the Maya Calendar

Ancient Maya astronomers calculated time with astounding precision.

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World

2025
A magnitude-7.7 earthquake killed more than 5,000 people in Myanmar and Thailand.
2015
A siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab militants, which began the previous day and killed at least 20 people, ended with the Somali Armed Forces recapturing the premises.
1999
Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.
1997
In the Tragedy of Otranto, the Italian Navy vessel Sibilla collided with the Albanian civilian vessel Kateri i Radës, causing the latter to sink and leading to dozens of deaths.
1979
British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.
1968
Colonel Sun, written by Kingsley Amis, was published, becoming the first James Bond novel published after the death of Ian Fleming in 1964.

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