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   2025(1 years ago)

   A hot air balloon catches fire mid-flight and crashes in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing 8 of the 21 on board.

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   2012(14 years ago)

   An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.

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3. 

   2009(17 years ago)

   Greenland assumes self-rule.

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   2006(20 years ago)

   Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.

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   Taras Bulba

   Nikolái V. Gogol · 2006 · 154p

   Feroces, crueles, valientes y apasionados, los cosacos hacen temblar la estepa bajo los cascos de sus caballos. Y entre ellos se encuentra Taras Bulba, un anciano lleno aún de fuerza e inteligencia que junto a sus hijos, Ostap y Andrí, avan

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   Cat's Cradle

   A Novel

   Kurt Vonnegut · 1998 · 308p

   “A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the pr

3. 

   Journey to the Center of the Earth

   Jules Verne · 2006 · 242p

   The intrepid Professor Lindenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth’s very core. In his quest to penetrate the planet’s primordial secrets, the geologi

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   The History of the Peloponnesian War

   Thucydides · 2021 · 738p

   The History of the Peloponnesian War (Greek: Ἱστορίαι, "Histories") is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It w