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Windows 11 is released to the general public.

2021

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In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.

2011

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Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.

2000

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The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.

1999

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Swiss police find the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.

1994

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An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.

1991

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After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.

1990

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A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.

1988

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Seven Israeli vacationers, including four children, are killed in a mass shooting at Ras Burqa in the Sinai Peninsula by an Egyptian soldier.

1985

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Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.

1984

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Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.

1982

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Brother Eddie Villanueva and 15 others from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines begin the Jesus Is Lord Church.

1978

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Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian.

1974

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The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded in the United States.[citation needed]

1970

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The British Trade Commissioner, James Cross, is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.

1970

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A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.

1968

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A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.

1966

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The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.

1963

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The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.

1962

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The first Beatles single "Love Me Do" is released in Britain.

1962

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President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.

1947

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A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.

1945

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The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.

1944

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World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.

1943

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Holocaust: In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.

1938

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The Jarrow March sets off for London.

1936

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Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. make the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean in the plane Miss Veedol.

1931

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British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.

1930

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The World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time.

1921

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World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.

1914

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The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.

1911

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In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.

1910

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The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.

1905

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Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.

1900

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The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.

1877

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The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.

1869

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The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.

1869

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War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.

1813

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French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.

1789

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Jan Sobieski, Grand Hetman of the Polish Crown, begins his successful military campaign against the Tartars following their rebellion and an invasion by the Ottoman Empire.

1672

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Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.

1607

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King Louis XI of France is forced to sign the treaty of Conflans.

1465

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Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.

1450

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With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.

1143

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The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.

869

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King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.

816

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Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.

610

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