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The 2023 Rotterdam shootings occurred, during which two people were killed in a shooting and arson incident at a residence in Delfshaven, Rotterdam. Additionally, one person lost their life in a classroom at the Erasmus University Medical Center.

2023

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Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Cayo Costa State Park, Florida as a category four hurricane, killing 169 and doing $113 billion in damage, becoming Florida's costliest hurricane and the deadliest in 89 years.

2022

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The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.

2018

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The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.

2016

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The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.

2014

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Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.

2012

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Sita Air Flight 601 crashes in Madhyapur Thimi, Nepal, killing all 19 passengers and crew.

2012

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The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people.

2009

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Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission.

2008

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The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's inaugural night race, with Fernando Alonso winning the event. Almost a year later it was revealed that Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. had been ordered to crash his car to help bring out the safety car and give Alonso the advantage and win.

2008

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Typhoon Xangsane passes over Manila after impacting parts of Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas, becoming the strongest to affect the Philippine capital in 11 years.

2006

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Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

2000

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Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.

1995

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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

1995

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The cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.

1994

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A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew.

1992

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The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.

1986

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John Pat, a 16-year old Aboriginal Australian boy, dies of injuries sustained by four off-duty police officers in Roebourne, a catalyst to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

1983

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The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.

1975

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The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.

1973

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Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.

1970

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A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.

1961

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Fernando Rios, a Mexican tour guide in New Orleans, dies of injuries sustained in an incident of gay bashing.

1958

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CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.

1951

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World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.

1944

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World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.

1941

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Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.

1941

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World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.

1939

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World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.

1939

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Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

1928

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The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.

1924

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Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

1919

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World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.

1918

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The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.

1912

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Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.

1912

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Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.

1901

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The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.

1892

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The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a metre.

1889

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The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.

1871

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The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.

1868

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Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.

1867

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Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

1844

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The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.

1821

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The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.

1787

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American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.

1781

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American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

1779

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A Hospitaller galley squadron defeats an Ottoman convoy in the action of 28 September 1644.

1644

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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California. He is the first European in California.

1542

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Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.

1538

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Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.

1322

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King James I of Aragon conquers Valencia from the Moors. Shortly thereafter, he proclaims himself king of Valencia.

1238

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Queen consort Gertrude of Merania is assassinated by a group of Hungarian lords.

1213

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King Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert Curthose at the Battle of Tinchebray.

1106

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William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.

1066

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Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, kills most members of the rival Slavník dynasty.

995

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Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.

935

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Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself emperor.

365

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Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.

351

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Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus of Rome.

235

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Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.

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