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Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new women's world record with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.

2019

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The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.

2016

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A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.

2013

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The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.

2010

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At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.

1993

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Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.

1990

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Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.

1983

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Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

1977

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The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.

1976

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A Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crashes after takeoff from El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, killing 91.

1976

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Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.

1972

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Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. Twenty-eight survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.

1972

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The flag of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, was officially adopted.

1972

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The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. Forty-six people die.

1962

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France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

1946

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World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.

1944

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World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.

1943

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Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.

1923

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Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

1921

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The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.

1917

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First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

1915

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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.

1911

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Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.

1908

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The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

1903

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Edward Emerson Barnard is first to discover a comet by photographic means.

1892

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The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

1885

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First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

1881

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In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.

1843

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The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.

1821

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War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces.

1812

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French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.

1793

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In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

1792

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The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).

1775

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Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

1710

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A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.

1644

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Hungarian forces under Stephen V Báthory decisively defeat an invading Ottoman army in the battle of Breadfield.

1479

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Coronation of Henry IV of England at Westminster Abbey.

1399

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Rinchinbal Khan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.

1332

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Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy.

1307

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The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

1269

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The Provisions of Westminster, a law reform programme resulting out of the conflict of King Henry III of England and his barons, are approved.

1259

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Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.

409

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Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adopted son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina.

54

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