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1429 – Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier from the British.

1918 – 40,000 sailors revolt at the end of WWI  in Kiel Germany, beginning the German Revolution .

1922 – British archaeologists find Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.

1924- Nellie T. Ross is elected governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in the US.

1942—Axis forces led by Erwin Rommel retreat from El Alamein— a major victory for the Allies in North Africa.

1952 – The National Security Agency is created.

1979 – The Iran hostage crisis begins.

1995 – An Orthodox Israeli assassinates Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.

2001-  The first  “Harry Potter” movie premieres in London. Global hysteria ensues.

2008 – Barack Obama defeats John McCain to win the presidency.