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Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
109 people are killed in a plane crash near Pulkovo Airport.
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
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