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Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

2021

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A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.

2013

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The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.

2006

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The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.

2005

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The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.

2005

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Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 crashes near Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California, killing all three aboard.

2000

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China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and six more on the ground.

1998

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A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.

1996

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Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.

1991

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The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.

1986

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China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.

1986

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Hezbollah is founded.

1985

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Iran launches Operation Dawn 5, a major offensive during the Iran–Iraq War targeting the Basra–Baghdad highway, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.

1984

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The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.

1983

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The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).

1978

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In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.

1968

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Civil Air Transport Flight 010 crashes near Shongshan Airport in Taiwan, killing 21 of the 63 people on board and one more on the ground.

1968

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The Great Sheffield Gale impacts the United Kingdom, killing nine people; the city of Sheffield is devastated, with 150,000 homes damaged.

1962

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Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.

1962

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Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.

1961

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The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.

1960

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Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.

1959

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World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.

1945

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The Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States, was signed into law.

1945

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World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city.

1943

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World War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established

1942

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World War II: Attack on Aruba, first World War II German shots fired on a land based object in the Americas.

1942

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World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. A total of 299 British prisoners are freed.

1940

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Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.

1937

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The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.

1936

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The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.

1934

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The Commission of Government is officially sworn in; ending 79 years of responsible government in Newfoundland.

1934

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The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.

1930

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Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

1923

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The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.

1918

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The Southern Cross expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink achieves a new Farthest South of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the Great Ice Barrier.

1900

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Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.

1899

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The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).

1881

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Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.

1866

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American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.

1862

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First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.

1804

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Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) falls to the British, completing their invasion of Ceylon.

1796

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Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.

1742

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First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania.

1699

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Battle of Torrington, Devon: The last major battle of the First English Civil War.

1646

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Dutch forces led by Hendrick Lonck capture Olinda in what was to become part of Dutch Brazil.

1630

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The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse.

1270

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Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.

1249

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