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Page 114
... killed 78. I 7. ... At least 58 children had died by July from an outbreak of gastroenteritis in Orie Province , Cuba . The disease was attributed to spread to human beings of equine encephalitis th killed 30,000 horses in 6 weeks ...
... killed 78. I 7. ... At least 58 children had died by July from an outbreak of gastroenteritis in Orie Province , Cuba . The disease was attributed to spread to human beings of equine encephalitis th killed 30,000 horses in 6 weeks ...
Page 139
... killing 3,000 persons . Supreme Court ordered Standard Oil combine dissolved , May 15 ; same decree as to American Tobacco Co. , May 29 . Italian - Turkish War began , Sept. 29 . Triangle shirt waist factory fire ; New York City . 145 ...
... killing 3,000 persons . Supreme Court ordered Standard Oil combine dissolved , May 15 ; same decree as to American Tobacco Co. , May 29 . Italian - Turkish War began , Sept. 29 . Triangle shirt waist factory fire ; New York City . 145 ...
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... killed 11,000 persons ; a tidal wave drowned 10,000 Nov. 6 . In Boston , 491 persons were killed and scores injured Nov. 28 in a fire which swept through the Cocoanut Grove , a night club . First nuclear chain reaction ( fission of ...
... killed 11,000 persons ; a tidal wave drowned 10,000 Nov. 6 . In Boston , 491 persons were killed and scores injured Nov. 28 in a fire which swept through the Cocoanut Grove , a night club . First nuclear chain reaction ( fission of ...
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ADDITIONS AND CHANGES | 6 |
MAJOR EVENTS 1953 | 18 |
POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS | 63 |
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