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List of national parks of the United States
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List of national parks of the United States

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The United States has 63 national parks, which are congressionally designated protected areas operated by the National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior. National parks are designated for their natural beauty, unique geological features, diverse ecosystems, and recreational opportunities, typica…

Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom from 51 to 30 BC and the last active pharaoh of ancient…

Concord (video game)
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Concord (video game)
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Concord was an online-only multiplayer first-person hero shooter game developed by Firewalk Studios and published by Son…

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On This Day

10 events
2010
2010_Canterbury_earthquake
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake (damage pictured) struck the Canterbury Region of New Zealand, causing two deaths and up to NZ$40 billion in damages.
2007
Al-Qaeda
Three terrorists suspected to be part of al-Qaeda were arrested in Germany after planning attacks on Frankfurt Airport and Ramstein Air Base.
1995
Camp_Hansen
Three African-American U.S. sea servicemen stationed at Camp Hansen in Okinawa raped a 12-year-old local girl, after kidnapping, beating, and torturing her.
1977
Golden_Dragon_massacre
The Golden Dragon massacre occurred in Chinatown, San Francisco, leaving five dead and spurring police to end Chinese gang violence in the city.
1957
Orval_Faubus
Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African-American students from attending Little Rock Central High School (pictured).
1956
The_Chronicles_of_Narnia
The final novel of the The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle, was released.
1955
Yumiko-chan_incident
A white U.S. soldier raped and murdered a five-year-old local girl in Kadena, Okinawa.
1934
Evelyn_Waugh
Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in full.
1920
Križ,_Zagreb_County
Peasants in and around Križ began a rebellion to protest economic and conscription policies enacted by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
1912
Albanian_revolt_of_1912
The Albanian revolt ended when the Ottoman government agreed to meet most of the rebels' demands.

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