The Royal Canadian Air Force was formed out of the Canadian Air Force.
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The Bolivian city of Potosí was founded after vast deposits of silver were discovered in the mountains nearby.
The lost Roman city of Pompeii was rediscovered by a Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
Apple was launched from the home of Steve Jobs and with the help of Steve Wozniak.
Great Britain claimed The Straits Settlements as crown colonies: Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
Bonnie and Clyde shot two highway patrolmen outside Grapevine, Texas.
