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Berlin's Brandenburg Gate Reopens (1989)
The only remaining town gate of Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate was modeled after the propylaeum of the Athenian Acropolis. Originally topped with the "Quadriga of Victory," a statue of a chariot drawn by four horses, it was heavily damaged in World War II but was later restored. In 1961, the Berlin Wall blocked access to it for both eastern and western Germans, but it was reopened in 1989 with the reunification of East and West Berlin.

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The Ku Klux Klan Is Formed (1865)
The Ku Klux Klan is the name of two distinct secret societies that played a part in American history. The first Klan was an organization that thrived in the South during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. The second was a nationwide organization that flourished after World War I. Subsequent groups calling themselves the Ku Klux Klan sprang up in much of the South after World War II and in response to civil-rights activity during the 1960s.

Puritan Oliver Cromwell outlawed Christmas celebrations and carols in England from 1649-1660. The only celebrations allowed were sermons and prayers.

The construction of the RMS Titanic began on March 31, 1909, at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. The shipyard employed around 14,000 to 15,000 men during the peak of construction. The building process involved more than 3,000,000 rivets to hold the steel plates in place, with the plates mostly 1.5 inches thick. Titanic was built under a massive gantry that stood 228 feet tall, the largest in the world at that time.

The construction spanned approximately 26 months from keel laying to launch, culminating with the launch on May 31, 1911. The ship's total cost was around $7.5 million in 1912, equivalent to approximately $166 million today. The ship was 882 feet 9 inches long, 92 feet 6 inches wide, and 175 feet tall from keel to the top of the funnels, with a gross tonnage of 46,328 tons.

Titanic's propulsion system included two reciprocating steam engines and one low-pressure turbine, driving three propellers. The central propeller was 17 feet in diameter and weighed 22 tons, while the two wing propellers were 23.5 feet in diameter and each weighed 38 tons.