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This year in history
In the year 1769

	May 20th	Greek revolutionary, Andreas Miaoulis, was born on the island of Hydra.
	August 15th	French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, was born in the city of Ajaccio on Corsica.
	December 14th	Dartmouth College was founded. It is the smallest school in the Ivy League.

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