On This Day in History
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1287 During St. Lucia's Flood in Northwest Netherlands, the Zuiderzee seawall collapses with loss of over 50,000 lives. Fifth largest recorded flood in history. |
1542 Princess Mary Stuart succeeds her father James V and becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland at 6 days old. |
1774 First incident of American Revolution - 400 New Hampshire militiamen successfully attack Fort William and Mary. |
1911 Norwegian Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition is the first to reach the South Pole. |
 | The full and official signing of the Dayton Agreement in Paris |
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1995 The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments ending the conflict in the former Yugoslavia including Slobodan Milošević, Alija Izetbegović, Franjo Tuđman and Bill Clinton. |
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Beaten to the South Pole by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen on this day, only despair and death awaited British explorer Captain Robert Scott. |
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