2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the spread of Covid-19 was now at a Pandemic stage.
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2020
The United States suspended travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2018
Marvel’s movie “Black Panther” became the 5th movie of all time to make more than $1 billion at the Box Office.
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2011
15,899 lives were lost after a severe 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in Japan.
The earthquake shook the island, causing a tsunami and the second-worst nuclear accident in history at the Fukushima nuclear plant. Total damage was equivalent to $260 billion.
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2006
Michelle Bachelet became the first female president of Chile.
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1997
Queen Elizabeth II knighted Paul McCartney from the Beatles.
The ceremony for his “services to music” took place at Buckingham Palace.
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1986
The NFL started using the instant replay rule where video is analyzed to review what had just happened in a game.
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1967
Pink Floyd’s debut album “Arnold Layne” was released.
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1960
NASA launched the Pioneer 5 space probe from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Although the probe only sent data back to Earth for fifty days, the Pioneer 5 is considered the most successful probe in the Pioneer series. It was originally intended to perform a flyby of Venus, but the window of opportunity was no longer open due to delays. Instead, it was sent to study the interplanetary space between Earth and Venus, where it proved the existence of interplanetary magnetic fields.
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1945
The Empire of Japan established the Empire of Vietnam, which acted as a puppet state to Japan.
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1918
The Spanish Flu received its first case in the US.
The Spanish flu was a pandemic that claimed the lives of more than 50 million people worldwide.
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1869
The existence of the giant panda became known to the Western world after French Armand David received a giant panda’s skin from a hunter.
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1850
The Women’s College of Pennsylvania, US opened – making it the 2nd female medical school in America.
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1669
More than 20,000 people were killed after Mount Etna erupted in Sicily.
Tragically the nearby residents mostly ignored recommendations a few days earlier to relocate as they thought they could try and save their city.
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