On This Day for July 8 - Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India, Kim Il-Sung is featured, and more

Created: 2020-07-08 10:04 Updated: 2020-07-08 10:04 Notebook: On this Day in History

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July 08

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Kim Il-Sung

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Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India

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