2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.
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2016
PayPal withdrew a $3.6 million investment in North Carolina due to the state passing anti-gay legislation.
The investment was to provide 400 people jobs in Charlotte. Paypal said, “As a company that is committed to the principle that everyone deserves to live without fear of discrimination simply for being who they are, becoming an employer in North Carolina, where members of our teams will not have equal rights under the law, is simply untenable.”
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2009
North Korea performed a controversial intercontinental ballistic missile test.
North Korea announced the test was a protest after United Nations Security Council condemned the country.
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2009
North Korea launched the infamous Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite.
While North Korea claimed the satellite reached orbit, no reputable international body managed to confirm this.
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1994
Kurt Cobain from Nirvana committed suicide at age 27 by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun.
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1989
Dolby stereo was used for the first time on David Letterman.
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1976
One hundred thousand rioters gathered at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to protest against the Chinese government.
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1923
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company started selling inflatable tires from Akron, Ohio.
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1904
The first international rugby league took place in Wigan, England.
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1879
The war on the Pacific began after Chile declared war with Bolivia and Peru.
The war resulted in up to 28,000 deaths and casualties.
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1722
Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island.
The Dutch explorer discovered the Polynesian island 1,400 miles from the coast of South America on Easter Sunday, hence the name Easter Island.
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1614
American Indian princess Pocahontas married English tobacco planter, John Rolfe.
Their marriage ensured peace between Jamestown, Virginia, and Powhatan Indians.
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823 AD
Pope Paschal I crowned Lothair I as the Emperor of Italy.
Lothair I was the firstborn son of Emperor Louis the Pious and grandson of Charlemagne himself. He was just twenty-eight years old at the time.
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