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flag Pope Francis, elected on March 13, 2013, died on April 21, 2025, after serving as first non-European pope in over 1,250 years.

flag On March 13, 2013, Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope, becoming Pope Francis and the first non-European pope in over 1,250 years, the first from the Americas, and the first from outside Europe since 741. flag He served until his death on April 21, 2025. flag The date also marks other significant events: the discovery of Uranus in 1781, Tennessee’s 1925 ban on teaching evolution, the 1946 posthumous Medal of Honor for Japanese American soldier Sadao Munemori, the 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the 1996 Dunblane school shooting, the 2020 U.S. national emergency for COVID-19, and the fatal police raid on Breonna Taylor in Louisville.

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