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May 23: The Crazy Trigger for the Thirty Years War

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May 23, 2020

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1618  Second Defenestration of Prague: Two Catholic Lords Regent and their secretary are thrown out of a window and amazingly are not seriously injured by the 70 foot (21m) fall. Triggers the Thirty Years' War.

1785  Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals

1813  South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator")

1949  Federal Republic of [West] Germany created out of the American, British and French occupation zones

1958  Mao Zedong starts the "Great Leap Forward" movement in China

1998  The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.

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