Canada formed the territory of Nunavut to recognize the traditional lands of their native Inuit people.
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The Royal Canadian Air Force was formed out of the Canadian Air Force.
The US Air Force accidentally bombed the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
The Bolivian city of PotosĂ was founded after vast deposits of silver were discovered in the mountains nearby.
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.