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Today in History

May 2
1194

King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first royal charter.

1876

The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.

1906

Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.

1964

First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.

2008

Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.

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