2019
Floods swept through India, killing over two hundred people and displacing one million.
India had experienced the heaviest monsoon season in 25 years, killing around 1,600 people from June to October 2019.
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2019
In Tanzania, people attempted to siphon petrol from an overturned fuel tanker which exploded.
More than sixty people lost their lives, while seventy were injured.
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2018
Monsanto became liable to pay out $289 million in damages to a groundsman who got terminal cancer from its “Roundup” weed killer.
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2017
A century-old fruit cake was discovered in Antarctica that was “almost edible.”
The cake was found wrapped in paper inside a tin, and it is believed to have been made by the British biscuit company Huntley & Palmers.
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2016
Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers won the 100-meter freestyle gold medal in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
He completed the distance in 47.58 seconds which became a junior world record.
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2014
Protesting and riots began in Missouri following the death of African American man, Michael Brown.
Brown was shot down dead by police on August 9, which sparked riots the following day. As a result, 321 protestors were arrested in Ferguson, Missouri.
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2013
The 14th IAAF World Championships opened in Moscow, Russia.
Russia won the most medals until a later date when a Russian athlete failed an anti-doping test.
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2013
The Paluweh volcano in Indonesia erupted and claimed six lives.
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1990
After a 15-month-long journey from earth, NASA’s Magellan went into orbit around Venus and began to map the planet.
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1971
The Society for American Baseball Research was founded in Cooperstown, New York.
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1937
Canon Inc. was established in Tokyo, Japan.
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1821
Missouri entered the United States Union and became the 24th state.
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1809
Ecuador declared independence from Spain.
Spaniards first started colonization in the capital city Quito, Ecuador, in 1563. After around 250 years of colonial rule, Ecuadorians began to rebel and declared independence. They were defeated in just three weeks; however, this was the beginning of the road to gaining full independence.
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1792
A group invaded the Tuileries Palace, where Louis XVI stayed during the French revolution.
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1500
Portuguese explorer Diego Diaz became the first European to set foot on Madagascar.
Diaz ended up there accidentally when his ship was blown off course while on his way to India.
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