2021
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression”.
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2018
An intergovernmental panel on Climate Change reported that the planet will heat up by 2.7°F by 2040, which will wreak havoc on our world.
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2017
Northern California’s wine country was devastated by sweeping wildfires.
The fires lasted through to October 15, killed 44 people, and 192 others were hospitalized.
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2004
Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai became the first African female to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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1992
Pioneer Venus Orbiter, or Pioneer 12, sent its last transmission as it fell from its orbit around Venus.
The US sent the spacecraft in May 1978 and carried out 17 experiments in space.
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1974
The Franklin National Bank closed due to fraud, the largest US bank to fail at the time.
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1971
John Lennon’s most iconic hit, “Imagine,” was released in the UK.
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1967
Argentinian Communist and Guerilla leader Che Guevara was captured by the Bolivian military.
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1945
Inventor Percy L. Spencer patented the Microwave Oven.
Although microwaves were already being used for other purposes, Spencer wanted to change the frequency so that the oven could cook food in a timely, cost-effective, and efficient manner.
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1927
The first Laurel and Hardy movie, “The Second Hundred Years,” was released in the United States.
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1918
American Army Corporal Alvin York and seven men attacked a major German gun nest on their own during World War I.
The group managed to kill 20 Germans and captured 132.
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1813
The Treaty of Ried was signed between Bavaria and Austria.
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1769
Captain James Cook landed on Poverty Bay, New Zealand, where he studied and explored the land.
Many consider him to be the first European discoverer of the country, though he wasn’t officially the first to sight it. Over a century before, in 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman had sighted New Zealand but did not set foot on the ground.
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1604
Kepler’s Supernova was discovered.
This was the second supernova to be discovered within a generation. The supernova was named after German astrologer Johannes Kepler.
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