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1946

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1963

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1942

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Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes

Fidel Castro arrives in Havana after deposing Batista’s regime

Revolutionary leader José de San Martín routs Spanish forces in Chile

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Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days underground

Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky assassinated in Mexico

Fidel Castro born

Falklands War ends

Leading Mexican presidential candidate assassinated