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    • Today in History: May 2, Nelson Mandela claims victory

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      On May 2, 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections; President F.W. de Klerk acknowledged defeat. In 1863, during the Civil War, Confederate ...

    • Today in History: August 9, atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      On Aug. 9, 1974, Vice President Gerald R. Ford became the nation’s 38th chief executive as President Richard Nixon’s resignation took effect. In 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden,” which described ...