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Algeria began a successful rebellion against French rule.

Algeria began a successful rebellion against French rule.

1954

The war ended in 1962 and caused the deaths of some 300,000 to 1,500,000 Algerians, 25,600 French soldiers, and 6,000 Europeans.

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William Shakespearse's The Tempest Had Its First Recorded Performance

William Shakespearse's The Tempest Had Its First Recorded Performance

1611

The Tempest tells the story of Prospero and his daughter Miranda and is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays.

The first large hydrogen bomb was tested by the U.S.

The first large hydrogen bomb was tested by the U.S.

1952

The bomb, codenamed Mike, was part of Operation Ivy and was tested in the Eniwetok atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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