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2018
Academy of Motion Pictures reveals new “Popular Film” category for the Oscars.
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2008
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1992
The original US ‘Dream Team’ wins the basketball gold at the Barcelona Olympics 117-85 over Croatia; features superstars Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Scotty Pippen, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing.
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1990
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1974
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1966
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1955
Fidel Castro forms the “26th of July Movement”, a Cuban vanguard revolutionary organization.
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1929
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1900
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1899
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1641
Jeanne Mance arrives in New France; the following Spring go up river to found Ville Marie (Montreal), where she also founds the Hôtel Dieu de Montréal.
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