Explorer Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba.
He claimed it for Spain and called it Juana.
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Forty-two people were buried alive in a landslide in Bafoussam, Cameroon.
The World Health Organization ranked Tuberculosis as deadly as HIV in its list of the world's most deadly diseases.
Maxentius became a Roman emperor, until his death exactly six years later.
Macy's Department Store first opened.
The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino was founded in the Dominican Republic.
