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The Burmese military kills at least 30 villagers, including 3 Buddhist monks, during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, Myanmar.

2023

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US President Joe Biden signs the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law.

2021

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The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic.

2020

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A Bombardier Challenger 604 crashes into the Zagros Mountains near the Iranian city of Shar-e-kord, killing all 11 people on board.

2018

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A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.

2012

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An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.

2011

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Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile. Aftershocks of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes hit central Chile during the ceremony.

2010

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Winnenden school shooting: Fifteen are killed and nine are injured before recent graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.

2009

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Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station.

2008

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Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile.

2006

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Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain kill 191 people.

2004

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The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.

2003

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Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union.

1990

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Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.

1990

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Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.

1985

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Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia.

1983

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Fifteen people are killed when Widerøe Flight 933 crashes into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway.

1982

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Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.

1981

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Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.

1978

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The 1977 Hanafi Siege: Around 150 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.

1977

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Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.

1946

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World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.

1945

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World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established.

1945

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World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.

1941

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In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.

1927

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World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Frederick Stanley Maude.

1917

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The Saint-Germain bombing ushers France into the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).

1892

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The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people.

1888

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Shō Tai formally abdicates his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.

1879

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Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; it is located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.

1872

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The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.

1864

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American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.

1861

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The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.

1851

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Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.

1848

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Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hōne Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororāreka, New Zealand.

1845

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The Battle of Kharda is fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the Nizam of Hyderabad, resulting in Maratha victory.

1795

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The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.

1784

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Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.

1708

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The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.

1702

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The Frondeurs and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.

1649

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Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina.

1641

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Battle of Castagnaro: Padua, led by John Hawkwood, is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi of Verona.

1387

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Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 1343 O.S.), and, a year later, the first Archbishop of Prague.

1343

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Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire.

843

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