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16th January 1412: Antipope John XXIII makes the Medici Bank the official bank to the Papacy
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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