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The #UnitedNations, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1993, set this day as #InternationalDayForBiologicalDiversity, noting #GlobalWarming, #InvasiveSpecies, polllution, etc., as threats to #biodiversity.
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The #CharlestonRaceRiot broke out #ThisDayInHistory in 1919, when white sailors attacked a Black man who did not step off the sidewalk for them.
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Having guided #Panama's successful independence from #Colombia the year before to gain control of the #PanamaCanalZone, the USA on #ThisDayInHistory in 1904 began construction on its attempt at the #PanamaCanal.
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In what proved to be a monumentally embarrassing speech, #GeorgeWBush stood on the aircraft carrier #USSAbrahamLincoln on #ThisDayInHistory in 2003 and announced that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".
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