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{{*mp}} [[1971]] – The [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]<!--Not bolded, tagged with {{refimprove}}--> was renamed '''[[Zaire]]''' after a [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] mispronunciation of the [[Kongo language|Kikongo]] word ''nzere'' or ''nzadi'', which translates to "the river that swallows all rivers." |
{{*mp}} [[1971]] – The [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]<!--Not bolded, tagged with {{refimprove}}--> was renamed '''[[Zaire]]''' after a [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] mispronunciation of the [[Kongo language|Kikongo]] word ''nzere'' or ''nzadi'', which translates to "the river that swallows all rivers." |
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Revision as of 06:33, 31 January 2008
October 27: Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979) and Turkmenistan (1991).
- 1553 – Condemned as a heretic for preaching nontrinitarianism and anti-infant baptism, Michael Servetus (pictured) was burned at the stake outside Geneva.
- 1904 – The New York City Subway, one of the most extensive public transportation systems in the world, opened its first underground segment, connecting New York City Hall with Harlem.
- 1958 – General Ayub Khan deposed Iskander Mirza in a bloodless coup d'état to become the second President of Pakistan, less than three weeks after Mirza had appointed him the enforcer of martial law.
- 1961 – NASA launched the first Saturn I rocket, the United States' first dedicated spacecraft designed specifically to launch loads into Earth orbit.
- 1971 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed Zaire after a Portuguese mispronunciation of the Kikongo word nzere or nzadi, which translates to "the river that swallows all rivers."
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