2019
Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmental fund donated $5 million in the battle against Amazon rainforest fires that were devastating the area.
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2019
Indonesia announced they plan to move their capital city from Jakarta to Borneo.
The president, Joko Widodo, said Jakarta was too crowded and sinking due to climate change.
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2018
Video gamer David Katz shot two people dead, injured nine then committed suicide at an NFL 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
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2017
Hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully through the streets of Barcelona due to a terrorist attack.
The attack happened on August 17, when a van smashed into nearby walkers. Thirteen people were killed, while over 100 were injured.
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2014
Burger King agreed to buy out the donut chain Tim Hortons for $11 billion.
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1998
Shortly after liftoff, the first US Air Force Delta III rocket failed and was blown up mid-air.
A minor explosion within the rocket knocked it off its course, so the Air Force was forced to destroy it just 75 seconds after launch. The estimated loss from the disaster was around $255 million, as the rocket was carrying a Galaxy 10 communications satellite.
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1994
Britain fitted the first-ever battery-operated heart in the first operation of its kind.
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1944
Charles de Gaulle marched with his entourage to Notre Dame in Paris to celebrate the city’s liberation the day before.
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1920
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified, giving women the right to vote.
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1895
The first electric power was generated at Niagara Falls.
Construction at the site diverted the water flowing over Niagara Falls through turbines, leading to a generator to create electricity. It was the catalyst for energy production using water flow.
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1778
Four men became the first recorded climbers to complete a successful ascent of Triglav, Slovenia’s highest peak.
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1498
Michelangelo was commissioned to create his sculpture Pietà.
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1346
The Battle of Crécy occurred when the French army attacked the English army while they traversed northern France.
The English won the one-day battle, which occurred during the Hundred Years’ War, where the French army commanded by King Philip VI was at war with the English, led by King Edward III, over the right to rule the Kingdom of France.
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