Tallinn

City · c. 1919 CE · in Europe

Capital of Estonia (1919–1939), Republic of Estonia (1992–today).

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• Adolf Hitler (1889 CE – 1945 CE): Austrian-born dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He started World War II in Europe and bears chief responsibility for the Holocaust. He died by suicide in Berlin.
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• Yuri Gagarin (1934 CE – 1968 CE): Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human in space when Vostok 1 carried him once around the Earth on 12 April 1961. He died in a training jet crash in 1968.
• World War II in Europe (1939–1945 CE): The European theatre of the deadliest war in history, from Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939 to its surrender in May 1945. Tens of millions died, including six million Jews in the Holocaust.
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