Anniversaries: X years ago today

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English-speaking community for anniversaries. This also includes personal events!

Rules:

Mandatory title format: "X years ago today […]", where of course X is replaced by the number of years.
X ≥ 5.
English language only, but links to non-English sources are allowed if a (short) English summary is provided.

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Resources for discovering anniversaries:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page > On this day
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/default.stm

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70 years ago today Fred Hall, a 1920s jazz pianist, arranger and band leader, died. (en.wikipedia.org)

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90 years ago today Catalonia's autonomous government, led by Lluís Companys, declared a general strike, an armed insurgency, and the establishment of the Catalan State… (en.wikipedia.org)

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…in reaction to the inclusion of conservatives in the Spanish republican regime.

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135 years ago today the first ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro was achieved by Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller. (en.wikipedia.org)

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30 years ago today Swiss police found the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide. (en.wikipedia.org)

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442 years ago today, the day did not exist (en.wikipedia.org)

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Due to the introduction of the Gregorian calendar and to fix mistakes from the previous calendar system, October 5, 1582 did not exist. The calendar went from October 4 straight to October 15.

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30 years ago today the album Awake by the Progressive Metal band Dream Theater from the USA was released. (i.ibb.co)

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65 years ago today Little Joe 6, a launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, was launched. (upload.wikimedia.org)

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815 years ago today Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was crowned. (en.wikipedia.org)

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50 years ago today Anne Sexton, an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse, died by suicide at the age of 45. (en.wikipedia.org)

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95 years ago today King Alexander changed the name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to Kingdom of Yugoslavia (en.wikipedia.org)

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…and changed the internal divisions from the 33 oblasts to nine new banovinas.

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70 years ago today Stevie Ray Vaughan, an electric blues guitarist from Texas, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)

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https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/stevie-ray-vaughan

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240 years ago today Louise, Baroness Lehzen, the governess and later companion to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)

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30 years ago today Harriet Nelson, a singer & TV / film actress from US, died. (en.wikipedia.org)

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https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/harriet-hilliard

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120 years ago today Thomas Ellison, a New Zealand rugby union player and lawyer, died. (en.wikipedia.org)

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450 years ago today Hans Michael Elias von Obentraut, a German cavalry general who fought on the side of the Protestant Union during the Thirty Years' War, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)

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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Michael_Elias_von_Obentraut

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155 years ago today Mahatma Gandhi was born (en.wikipedia.org)

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60 years ago today Max Matsuura, producer from Japan and president of Avex Group, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)

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https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/max_matsuura

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2,355 years ago today the Battle of Gaugamela took place between the forces of the Army of Macedon under Alexander the Great and the Persian Army under King Darius III. (upload.wikimedia.org)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaugamela

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100 years ago today Jimmy Carter, an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)

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75 years ago today the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was formally proclaimed by Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. (en.wikipedia.org)

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30 years ago today Sleepy Boris 'snubbed' Irish leader: A meeting between two international statesmen in Ireland had to be cancelled - because one of them overslept. (news.bbc.co.uk)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin_circling_over_Shannon_diplomatic_incident

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60 years ago today Trey Anastasio, an American guitarist, composer, and singer-songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)

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70 years ago today USS Nautilus — world’s first nuclear submarine — is commissioned. (www.history.com)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571)

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885 years ago today a violent earthquake struck the Caucasus near Ganja, killing up to an estimated 300,000 people. (en.wikipedia.org)

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100 years ago today Truman Garcia Capote, an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)

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