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content: |
  <DescribeEventsResponse xmlns="http://rds.amazonaws.com/doc/2013-09-09/">
    <DescribeEventsResult>
      <Events>
        <Event>
          <Message>Applied change to security group</Message>
          <SourceType>db-security-group</SourceType>
          <Date>2010-08-11T17:12:52.860Z</Date>
          <SourceIdentifier>mydbsecuritygroup</SourceIdentifier>
        </Event>
        <Event>
          <Message>Database instance created</Message>
          <SourceType>db-instance</SourceType>
          <Date>2010-08-11T18:10:15.269Z</Date>
          <SourceIdentifier>mydbinstance3</SourceIdentifier>
        </Event>
        <Event>
          <Message>Backing up database instance</Message>
          <SourceType>db-instance</SourceType>
          <Date>2010-08-11T18:10:34.690Z</Date>
          <SourceIdentifier>mydbinstance3</SourceIdentifier>
        </Event>
        <Event>
          <Message>Backing up DB Instance</Message>
          <SourceType>db-instance</SourceType>
          <Date>2010-08-11T18:25:52.263Z</Date>
          <SourceIdentifier>mynewdbinstance</SourceIdentifier>
        </Event>
        <Event>
          <Message>Creating user snapshot</Message>
          <SourceType>db-snapshot</SourceType>
          <Date>2010-08-11T18:25:52.263Z</Date>
          <SourceIdentifier>mynewdbsnapshot3</SourceIdentifier>
        </Event>
      </Events>
    </DescribeEventsResult>
    <ResponseMetadata>
      <RequestId>95b948cd-bf45-11de-86a4-97241dfaadff</RequestId>
    </ResponseMetadata>
  </DescribeEventsResponse>
headers: []
status: 200