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1797 –First parachute jump carried out by Andre Jacques Garnerin using hot air balloon.
1873 – Empires of Germany, Russia, Austria and Hungary establish alliance.
1940 – Italy declares war against Greece in World War II.
1962 – US imposes blockade on Cuba.
1989 – Lebanese MPs sign Taif Accord.
1870 – Ivan Bunin, first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, born.
1906- French painter Paul Cézanne passes away.
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