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NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.

2023

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At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

2015

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The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.

2014

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A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.

2013

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The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.

2009

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South African Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.

2009

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Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.

2008

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Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.

2007

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Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.

2005

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Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

1996

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The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.

1993

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Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.

1975

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Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.

1973

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Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, overrunning the runway and resulting in 11 injuries.

1972

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USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

1960

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TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people.

1959

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President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

1957

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AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced.

1954

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The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.

1954

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The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.

1950

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The Honda Motor Company is founded.

1948

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Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

1946

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The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.

1946

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Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.

1935

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Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).

1932

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Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.

1929

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His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.

1911

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U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.

1906

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Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.

1906

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.

1890

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The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.

1877

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The 1864 play Heath Cobblers by Aleksis Kivi premieres in Oulu, Finland.

1875

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Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.

1869

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Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.

1853

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The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.

1852

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Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.

1846

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The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to James Brooke.

1841

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A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.

1830

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The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.

1789

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Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.

1674

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The Battle of Rowton Heath in England occurs, ending in a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles I.

1645

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Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.

1568

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Byzantine emperor Michael III is murdered in his chamber by his junior emperor Basil I.

867

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The Second Council of Nicaea begins at the Church of Holy Wisdom in the city of Nicaea in Bithynia.

787

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