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The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses following a collision between the MV Dali container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing 6 people.

2024

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Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.

2017

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The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.

2010

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Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.

2005

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During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.

1998

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Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.

1997

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Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.

1991

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Singapore Airlines Flight 117 is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to Changi Airport.

1991

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A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.

1982

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Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.

1981

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Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.

1979

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An Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 10.

1979

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The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.

1975

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East Pakistan, then a province of Pakistan, declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh; the Bangladesh War of Independence begins.

1971

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South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.

1970

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Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.

1967

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The United States Army launches Explorer 3.

1958

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The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.

1958

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Pan Am Flight 845/26 ditches in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon, killing four.

1955

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Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.

1954

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World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.

1945

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World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.

1942

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Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.

1939

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The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.

1934

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Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.

1931

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Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.

1931

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The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.

1922

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World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.

1917

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The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.

1915

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First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.

1913

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An explosion at the Brunner Mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.

1896

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The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.

1885

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The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.

1871

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The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.

1839

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The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.

1830

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An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.

1812

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A political cartoon in the Boston-Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.

1812

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William Dampier is the first European to circumnavigate New Britain, discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of New Guinea.

1700

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Safavid government troops take control of Basra.

1697

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The silver-loaded Spanish ship San José, pushed south by strong winds, is wrecked on the coast of southern Chile and its surviving crew members are killed by indigenous Cuncos.

1651

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The Royal Academy of Turku, the first university of Finland, is founded in the city of Turku by Queen Christina of Sweden at the proposal of Count Per Brahe.

1640

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Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.

1636

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Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.

1552

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William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.

1484

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Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.

1351

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The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.

1344

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The crown of Aragon and the crown of Castile agree in the Treaty of Almizra on the limits of their respective expansion into al-Andalus.

1244

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Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.

1169

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Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.

1027

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The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah.

1021

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Election of Pope Stephen II following the death of Pope Zachary.

752

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First Eid al-Fitr celebration.

624

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Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

590

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