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1500
Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal.
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1509
Henry VIII became king of England.
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1616
The Spanish poet Cervantes died in Madrid. (Some sources say April 23.)
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1864
Congress authorized the inscription "In God We Trust" on coins minted as U.S. currency.
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1889
The land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to settlers.
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1994
Richard M. Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.
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2000
Armed immigration agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives to reunite him with his father.
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