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1949
Dutch transfer of Indonesian sovereignty
On this day in 1949, four years after nationalist revolutionary leader Sukarno
had declared Indonesia's independence, formal sovereignty over the country was
transferred from the Dutch to the United States of Indonesia.
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Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist

bornDecember 27, 1822
Dole, France
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diedSeptember 28, 1895 (aged 72)
Saint-Cloud, France

National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland
1948
Gérard Depardieu
French actor
1901
Marlene Dietrich
German American actress
1822
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
1797
Mīrzā Asadullāh Khān Ghālib
Indian poet
1714
George Whitefield
British clergyman
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Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto, the first woman leader of a Muslim nation
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German American film actress Marlene Dietrich—whose beauty, voice, aura of
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Charles Darwin set sail on the HMS Beagle, beginning the voyage on which he
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After conquering Italy, Napoleon established the Republic of Lucca. Take our
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Ferdinand II issued the Laws of Burgos to “regulate the relations” between
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