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During the Let Yet Kone massacre, the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar.

2022

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The death of Mahsa Amini occurred in Tehran, Iran, sparking worldwide protests.

2022

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A 6.0 Mw earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.

2021

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Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center.

2021

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A 8.3 Mw earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.

2015

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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.

2014

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A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

2013

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One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people.

2007

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Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.

2007

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The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.

2005

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Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.

2004

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Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

1996

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The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.

1994

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The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.

1992

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Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.

1992

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The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.

1990

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The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.

1987

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Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.

1982

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Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.

1979

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The Sugarhill Gang released their first single, Rapper's Delight.

1979

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The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed.

1978

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Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.

1976

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Night of the Pencils: In the city of La Plata, Argentina, a group of high-school students were kidnapped and later tortured, raped and murdered during the Argentinian military dictatorship

1976

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Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.

1975

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Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.

1975

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The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.

1975

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King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September.

1970

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The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.

1966

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Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.

1963

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The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.

1961

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Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.

1961

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Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.

1961

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The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

1959

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TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.

1956

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The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.

1955

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A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.

1955

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American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people.

1953

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World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.

1945

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World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.

1943

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World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.

1940

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The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.

1920

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World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.

1914

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The General Motors Corporation is founded.

1908

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Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.

1893

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The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York.

1880

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Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.

1863

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French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced birefringence.

1822

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With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.

1810

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American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

1779

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American Revolutionary War: American forces win the Battle of Harlem Heights after General George Washington orders a counterattack on advancing British light infantry.

1776

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In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.

1732

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James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on the death of his father, James II.

1701

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Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower.

1620

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Ferdinand of Trastámara takes Antequera from the emirate of Granada.

1410

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Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.

1400

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Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.

681

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