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1579
- Explorer Francis Drake "discovers" land on the northern pacific coast of Turtle Island in what is modern day Washington or Oregon.
1778
- New York becomes the 11th state of the United States.
1874
- Settler colony Liberia declares independence from the United States.
1891
1936
- Nazi Germany and Italy support Franco and the National Front in the Spanish Civil War.
1944
- The Red Army re-captures Lviv, Ukraine from Nazi occupation.
1953
- Beginning of the Cuban Revolution.
- Korean War comes to a nominal end, leaving the south under US occupation.