Event:
After five years of research by the Dresden Historians' Commission, a report stated a reduced figure of 25,000 people died in the 1945 Dresden bombing
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1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
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1961 Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced
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1766 Britain repeals the Stamp Act