Quake Strikes Central China Trapping Students Across Sichuan
Xinhua distributed image shows Dujiangyan debris after a massive earthquake that toppled schools and released ammonia. The quake centered near Chengdu, 2:28 pm, 6.2 miles underground, felt as far as Thailand and Vietnam, prompting mass evacuations in Beijing and across central China.
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Dujiangyan
China
Sichuan
Beijing
Thailand
Vietnam
Chengdu
U.S. Geological Survey
British Forces Capture Charleston in 1780 War Clash
AP recounts 1780 Charleston fall during the Revolutionary War. Also notes 1937 coronation of King George VI and Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey and 1949 Soviet Berlin blockade lift.
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George VI
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United States
Richard Nixon
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Elizabeth P. Hoisington
Alabama
George Wallace
Maryland
Afghanistan
Martin Luther King
Yolanda Denise King
Santa Monica
California
Jerry Falwell
May 13 1943 to 1980s World Events List
A compact chronology lists key historical events by date. Highlights include the Afrika Korps surrender in 1943, John Paul II being shot in 1981, Jamestown founding in 1607, Lewis and Clark departure in 1804, Israel's 1948 proclamation, Skylab launch in 1973, Sinatra’s death in 1998, US airmail starting 1918, and other notable milestones through 1980 with May 17 and 18 entries.
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North Africa
John Paul II
Mehmet Ali Agca
St. Peter’s Square
Vatican
Ladislaw Osziwisz
Virginia Company of London
Jamestown
Virginia
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase
Netherlands
Israel
Tel Aviv
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Frank Sinatra
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Supreme Court
Brown v. Board of Education
Topeka
Kansas
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Massachusetts
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Donna Summer
India
Mount St. Helens
Washington State
Andrew Johnson
Warsaw
Bob Dylan
Pet Sounds
Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire
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