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Mount Vesuvius erupts | August 24, 79 AD | HISTORY

After centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands.

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Pluto declassified as a Planet, August 24, 2006.

 

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Mount Vesuvius erupts | August 24, 79 AD | HISTORY

After centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands.

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