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1367-Battle of Navarrete: Alliance of King Peter of Castile, Edward the Black Prince and John of Gaunt of England, Aquitaine, Majorca and Navarre defeats Count Henry of Castile near Nájera in La Rioja, Castile 1645-English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, a significant step toward the New Model Army 1860-Start of the Pony Express, mail is delivered by horse and rider relay teams between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California 1922-Joseph Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party by an ailing Vladimir Lenin 1948-U.S. President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan to rebuild war-torn Western Europe after World War II, granting an initial $5 billion in aid to 16 European countries 1973-First mobile phone call is made in downtown Manhattan, NY, by Motorola employee Martin Cooper to Bell Labs headquarters in New Jersey 2012-U.S. President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination 2016-Panama Papers are published - 11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca expo
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