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    After regretting the problems caused by his invention of dynamite, Alfred Nobel established the prestigious Nobel Prize award for those who have contributed the greatest benefit to mankind.

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A fire at the Happy Valley Horse Racing Track in Hong Kong killed close to 600 people

On the 26th February, 1918, a fire at the Happy Valley Horse Racing Track in Hong Kong claimed the lives of close to 600 people.

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