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The Rif War was an anti-colonial war fought from 1921 to 1926 between the indigenous Berber tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco and Spain (joined by France in 1924).
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The 116th anniversary falls on June 8, 2027.
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Operation Blue Star was a military operation by the Indian Armed Forces conducted between 1 and 10 June 1984, with the stated objective of removing Damdami Taksal leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and militants from the buildings of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of Sikhism, in Amritsar.
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The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty.
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The 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2008, was a Formula One motor race held on 8 June 2008 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. It was the 7th race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship.
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A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2017, two years after the previous general election in 2015; it was the first since 1992 to be held on a day that did not coincide with any local elections (2001's elections, local and general, were delayed by a month due to that year's foot-and-mouth…
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