WORLD HISTORY and EVENTS
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1951 The Death of Maréshal Pétain (24/4/1856 - 23/7/1951)
1940 The Katyn Forest Massacre by the USSR
1932-1933 The Ukrainian Holodomor Famine Genocide  
1918 The Massacre of the Romanovs of Russia  
1908 The Tunguska Asteroid Event
1830-1850 "The Trail of Tears": the enforced displacement of 90,000 Native American Indians  
1570-1606 Guy Fawkes & the Gunpowder Plot of 1605  
1549 The Kett Rebellion in Wymondham, Norfolk, England  
1501-1530 The Tragic Story of Anne Boleyn
732 The Battle of Tours and the halt to the Muslim invasion of Europe
7th century The Great Wall of China
2nd century The Roman Theatre at Bosra in Syria