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August 24
What happened on this day
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Ukraine's Independence Day
35 years ago
Parliament in Kyiv declares independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, a decision confirmed by referendum that December.
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Pluto loses planet status
20 years ago
The International Astronomical Union adopts a definition of 'planet' in 2006 that Pluto fails, cutting the solar system to eight.
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Vesuvius buries Pompeii
Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash (79 AD, by traditional dating).
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Jorge Luis Borges born
127 years ago
The Argentine writer of 'Ficciones', whose labyrinths and mirrors reshaped the short story, is born in Buenos Aires in 1899.
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Windows 95 released
31 years ago
Microsoft's operating system reaches shops in 1995 amid overnight queues, bringing the Start menu and taskbar to most of the world's desktops.
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