Italy invaded the Ethiopian Empire, also known as Abyssinia, on this day in 1935. / Tula, leader of the Curaçao Slave Revolt, was executed on this day in 1795.

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The Perejil, or Parsley, Massacre began on this day in 1937. / "The Obedience of a Christian Man," a book by English Protestant author William Tyndale, was published on this day in 1528.

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Mao Zedong proclaimed the formation of the People's Republic of China on this day in 1949. / On this day in 1965, a group of Indonesian National Armed Forces members calling themselves the 30 September Movement assassinated six high-ranking Indonesian army generals.

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The Boeing 747 was introduced on this day in 1968. / On this day in 1207, Persian poet and scholar Rumi was born.

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Rudolf Diesel disappeared on this day in 1913, which is also marked as the date of his death. / On this day in 1957, an explosion in a Soviet plutonium-processing plant created fallout that contaminated thousands of square miles around the disaster site.

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Suleiman's siege of Vienna began on this day in 1529. / On this day in 1924, pioneering jazz pianist Bud Powell was born.

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Johnny Appleseed was born on this day in 1774. / Pioneering cartoonist and animator was born on this day sometime in the mid-1800s, though the exact year is unknown.

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The Treaty of York formalized the border between England and Scotland on this day in 1237. / On this day in 1886, Peter "Black Prince" Jackson won the Australian Heavyweight Boxing Championship, becoming the first Black man to win a national boxing crown.

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Benedict Arnold escaped on this day in 1780. / The last indigenous ruler of the Inca, Túpac Amaru, was executed by the Spanish on this day in 1572.

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Victoria Woodhull, first woman to run for U.S. president, was born on this day in 1838. / On this day in 1889, Nintendo was founded in Japan as a playing card company.

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