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Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

2023

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At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.

2017

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At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.

2012

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The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.

2006

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NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

2003

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Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.

2003

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An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.

2000

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The Russell Hill subway accident in Toronto kills 3 and injures 30, due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.

1995

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The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.

1992

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Nickelodeon's first line of "Nicktoons" (Doug, Rugrats & Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.

1991

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A meeting between Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan culminates in the formation of Al-Qaeda.

1988

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"We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.

1984

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A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.

1982

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Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.

1979

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East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.

1975

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At the 1520 Sedgwick Avenue apartment building in The Bronx, New York, DJ Kool Herc hosts a house party widely considered to mark the birthplace of hip-hop culture and music. DJ Kool Herc demonstrates a new technique of beat juggling and Coke La Rock performs a new style of vocal performance called rapping.

1973

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Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.

1972

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The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the Moon.

1969

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Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.

1965

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Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.

1962

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The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

1961

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Chad declares independence from France.

1960

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Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.

1959

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Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.

1952

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Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.

1945

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Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi.

1942

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The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.

1934

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Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.

1929

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The 1920 Cork hunger strike begins which eventually results in the deaths of three Irish Republicans including the Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney.

1920

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The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.

1920

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Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.

1919

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World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.

1918

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Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

1898

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An explosion of guncotton occurs in Stowmarket, England, killing 28.

1871

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The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.

1858

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In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia.

1813

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Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.

1812

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Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.

1804

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Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.

1786

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Morean War: The 49-day Siege of Coron ends with the surrender and massacre of its garrison by the Venetians.

1685

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Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.

1675

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Rodrigo de Borja is elected as Head of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Alexander VI.

1492

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The Battle of Otlukbeli: Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu.

1473

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Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.

1332

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The Great Famine of Europe becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage.

1315

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The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra.

923

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Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan.

490

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Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.

355

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Hadrian is proclaimed Roman emperor, two days after Trajan's death.

117

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The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.

106

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Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.

-2492

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The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.

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