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| December 26, 2004 in History |
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Event: Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa |
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Africa Asia coastal Earthquake greatest indian killing Many massive Near Ocean over Pacific Strikes Sumatra tsunami Years Related Year: 2004 Related Events: December 26 |
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1991 Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction 1990 Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship 1982 TIME's Man of the Year is a computer 1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge 1878 1st U.S. store to install electric lights, Philadelphia |
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