Explorer Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba.
He claimed it for Spain and called it Juana.
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Maxentius became a Roman emperor, until his death exactly six years later.
The World Health Organization ranked Tuberculosis as deadly as HIV in its list of the world's most deadly diseases.
The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino was founded in the Dominican Republic.
Lee Jang Rim, the founder of the Dami Mission Christian Movement in South Korea, declared that the world would end.
The Statue of Liberty celebrated its 100th birthday.
