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Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
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Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
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NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
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After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
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President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
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The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
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