2021
Jihadist gunman ambush and kill 69 people, including a local mayor in south-west Niger, adding to the 530 killed in 2021 to date.
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2021
Former police captains Eric Adams elected the second African American mayor of New York.
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2018
A tiger, who hunted and killed 13 people, was killed after a large-scale hunt in Central India.
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2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 with Jennifer Lawrence premiered in Berlin, Germany.
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2014
A suicide bomber killed civilians watching the daily border closing ceremony at Pakistan’s Wagah border.
That blast killed 60 people and injured 100 more. The incident happened outside a restaurant, and it is believed that US and Pakistani officials were aware of the possibility of an attack.
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2012
The New York City Marathon was canceled due to Hurricane Sandy.
This was the first time it had been canceled since its 42 years of running.
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2003
The comedy series “Arrested Development” premiered on FOX.
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2000
The first crew arrived at the International Space Station onboard a Soyuz spacecraft.
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1993
The Dow Jones Industrial hit its third record high in one week.
The Dow Jones raised by 12.02 points, bringing it up to 3,692.61, a tiny amount compared to February 12, 2020, when the Dow closed at 29,551.42 points.
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1992
The Airbus A330 had its first test flight.
Weighing 401,000 lbs (181,890.5 kg), the A330 was the biggest twinjet to fly the skies at the time.
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1988
The Morris Worm, the first computer virus made to be caught over the internet, disabled 6,000 computers in 24 hours.
The virus was developed by students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and affected computers at the Pentagon, SDI research lab & six other universities.
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1983
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially made a federal US holiday.
President Ronald Reagan initially rejected the holiday’s proposal, claiming it would cost too much, but eventually came around and signed it into law. As a result, the first Martin Luther King Jr Day celebration occurred nearly three years later, on January 20, 1986.
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1964
A family coup in Saudi Arabia replaced King Saud with Faisal, his half-brother.
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1932
The Great Emu War in Australia began.
The Great Emu War was a military operation to help control the ever-growing emu population in the Companion District of Western Australia. The military deployed soldiers armed with Lewis guns, and after many failed attempts, the cul ceased action by December 1932.
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1889
North Dakota became the 39th state to join the United States of America.
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1867
The first issue of women’s fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar was published.
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