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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 1878 - Events. 1878 - January - April. January - Cleopatra's Needle arrives in London January 9 - Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 5 - Battle of Shipka Pass IV January 17 - Battle of Plovdiv January 23 - Disraeli orders British fleet to DardanellesIncluding:

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1945 - January. January 3 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877) January 22 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German poet (b. 1869) January 31 - Eddie Slovik, American soldier (b. 1920) 1945 - February. February 5 - Denise Bloch, French World War II heroine (executed) (b. 1915) February 5 - Lilian Rolfe, French World War II heroine (executed) (b. 1914) February 5 - Violette Szabo, French World War II heroine (executed) (b. 1921)See also:

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1946 - January. January 2 - Unable to resume his rule over Albania after World War II, King Zog abdicated but retained his claim to the throne. January 4 - Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 - Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders - the country is divided into four occupation zones January 10 - First meeting of the United Nations January 10 - Project Diana bounces Radar wa ...

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1966 - January. January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 - Strike of public transportation workers in New York City - ends January 13 January 3 - First Acid Test at the Fillmore, San Francisco January 4 - Military coup in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso). January 4 - Prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet in Moscow January 5 - Fire due to a gas leak in Feyzin oil refi ...

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Morley was to devote the next 18 years working in the Maya region, overseeing the seasonal archaeological digs and restoration projects, returning to the United States in the off-season to give a series of lectures on his finds. Although primarily involved with the work at Chichen Itza, Morley also took on responsibilities which extended Carnegie-sponsored fieldwork to other Maya sites, such as Yaxchilan, Coba, Copán, Quiriguá, Uxmal, Naranjo, Seibal and Uaxactun. Morley is credited as having rediscovered the last of these sites (located i ...

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1878 - January - April. January - Cleopatra's Needle arrives in London January 9 - Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 5 - Battle of Shipka Pass IV January 17 - Battle of Plovdiv January 23 - Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles January 28 - The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. January 31 - Turkey agrees to armistice at Adrianople February 2 - Greece declares war on Turkey. Fe ...

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