Canada formed the territory of Nunavut to recognize the traditional lands of their native Inuit people.
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NASA celebrated April Fool's Day by telling the world that they found water on Mars.
The lost Roman city of Pompeii was rediscovered by a Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
The Bolivian city of Potosí was founded after vast deposits of silver were discovered in the mountains nearby.
Great Britain claimed The Straits Settlements as crown colonies: Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan began.
