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1910: On May 31, the Republic of South Africa is formed after the region gains independence from Great Britain.
1997: On July 1, Hong Kong is ceded back to China, ending over a hundred years' rule by Great Britain. In the handover, Great Britain relinquishes control of its last important colony. A rude jibe holds that Britain's influence has been reduced from an empire upon which the sun never set to a small island upon which the sun seldom shines.
1910s: With the advancement of modern medicine, people come to realize the link between exercise, diet,...
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