On This Day in History |
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1659 First known cheque written (£400), now on display at Westminster Abbey
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1840 American Charles Wilkes discovers the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica. |
 | British archaeologist Howard Carter at the sarcophagus of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun |
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1923 Howard Carter opens the inner burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb and finds the sarcophagus. |
1959 Fidel Castro becomes the 16th Prime Minister of Cuba after overthrowing Fulgencio Batista. |
2005 Kyoto Protocol comes into force following its ratification by Russia, committing industrialized nations to limit and reduce greenhouse gases. |
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It was one of the most spectacular archaeological finds – but was the disturbed Tutankhamun a sleeping tiger? |
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