The Bolivian city of Potosí was founded after vast deposits of silver were discovered in the mountains nearby.
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Canada formed the territory of Nunavut to recognize the traditional lands of their native Inuit people.
Great Britain claimed The Straits Settlements as crown colonies: Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
The US Air Force accidentally bombed the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
Shenzhen became the first Chinese city to ban eating cats and dogs.
The lost Roman city of Pompeii was rediscovered by a Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
