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1896 – First modern Olympic Games are held in Athens.
1909 – American explorer Robert E. Peary arrives in north Pole.
1917 – US enters World War I.
1919- Mahatma Gandhi calls for a countrywide (hartal) or general strike in India.
1941 – Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
1992 – European Community recognize Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2005 – Election of Jalal Talabani President of Iraq.
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1929 – US composer and pianist Sir André Previn.
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