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- From top to bottom, left to right: The devastating 1908 Messina earthquake strikes southern Italy, killing around 82,000 and leveling Messina and Reggio Calabria; the 1908 Summer Olympics in London introduce standardized rules and the opening ceremony parade; the mysterious Tunguska event flattens over 2,000 square kilometers of Siberian forest, likely from a meteoroid airburst; the Lisbon Regicide sees King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir Luís Filipe assassinated, shocking the nation; the Young Turk Revolution forces Sultan Abdul Hamid II to restore the Ottoman constitution; and the Ford Model T begins mass production, revolutionizing global transportation. (en)
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