The New Times
Date: 10.09.2014
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Basilica of Our tady of Peats :rs Yamoussoukro
1943 ­ World War II: German forces begin their occupation
of Rome.
1967 ­ The people of Gibraltarvote to remain a British
dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
1974 ­ Guinea­Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
1990 ­The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro
(pictured), Cote d'lvoire, the largest church in Africa, is conse­
crated by Pope John Paul II.
2002 ­ Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the
United Nations.
2007 ­ Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif
returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a
mHttary coup in October
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