2021
World Leader agree historic corporate tax agreement of at least 15% at G20 summit in Rome.
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2021
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Foo Fighters; The Go-Go’s; Jay-Z; Carole King; Todd Rundgren; Tina Turner; Kraftwerk; Gil Scott-Heron; Charley Patton; LL Cool J; Billy Preston; Randy Rhodes; and Clarence Avant.
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2018
The World Wildlife Fund blamed humanity’s rapidly expanding consumerism for decreasing 60% of the world’s wildlife between 1970 & 2014.
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2017
President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban transgender persons from serving in the US military was blocked by US federal judge.
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said Trump’s attempts were a “disapproval of transgender people generally.”
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2012
Walt Disney bought out Lucasfilm Ltd for $4 billion.
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2011
American romantic fantasy movie “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I” premiered at the Rome Film Festival.
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1995
The Canadian province of Quebec came close to becoming an independent country.
The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in Quebec whether the province should declare sovereignty. The vote was incredibly close, with 50.58% of Québécois people voting to remain with Canada.
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1987
English singer George Michael’s first album “Faith” was released.
The album features some of his top hits like “I Want Your Sex,” “Faith,” and “Father Figure.”
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1985
NASA’s Challenger Space Shuttle launched for its final successful mission, STS-61-A.
STS-61-A was the ninth mission the Challenger completed, which broke the record for the largest number of people carried aboard a spacecraft during the whole flight. The mission carried a laboratory developed and built by the European Space Agency to conduct tests in space.
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1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre horror film premiered in cinemas in Los Angeles, California.
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1973
The Bosphorus Bridge was completed in Turkey.
The bridge which resides in Istanbul connects both Europe and Asia.
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1944
Anne Frank and her sister Margot Frank were deported from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen.
Anne stayed with her sister until March 1945, when they both died from typhus.
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1938
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells was broadcasted on the radio, creating mass public hysteria.
The “breaking news” style of storytelling in the show’s first half scared many people into believing that Martians had invaded the Earth.
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1920
The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) was founded in Sydney by a group inspired by the Russian Revolution.
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1894
Inventor Daniel Cooper patented the first time clock in the US.
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1831
Nat Turner was arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
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