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Historical Examination of Boiler Advancements in America
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Election of Pope Victor II following the death of Pope Leo IX in the previous year.
1829
The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
1943
World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
1996
Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.
2009
A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski, Poland.
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