War · April 27, 1937

Bombing of Guernica

Name: Bombing of Guernica
Start: 1937-04-27
Location: Guernica, Spanish Republic at War

89 years ago · Guernica, Spanish Republic at War

89th anniversary

On 26 April 1937, the Basque town of Guernica (Gernika in Basque) was aerially bombed during the Spanish Civil War.

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The 90th anniversary falls on April 27, 2027.

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1822–1885

Ulysses S. Grant

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Herbert Spencer

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b. 1967

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1859

Second Italian War of Independence

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1908

1908 Summer Olympics

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1978

Saur Revolution

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