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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (born 1900)

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was also the last Empress of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved on 15 August 1947. After her husband died, she was officially known as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to avoid confusion with her daughter Queen Elizabeth II.

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598 Avar–Byzantine wars: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro-Slavic army is decimated by the plague.
1282 The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
1296 Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
1699 Guru Gobind Singh establishes the Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.

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The world in 2002

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april 11 The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
april 11 Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.
april 12 A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
april 14 Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.

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