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2006_10 | Section: November (2):
November 2 – No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock becomes the most expensive painting after it is sold privately for $140 million.
November 3 – Microsoft releases Office 2007 for manufacturing.
November 5 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death by hanging by the Iraqi Special Tr... |
2006_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – WikiLeaks leaks Hassan Dahir Aweys' conspiracy to assassinate Somali government officials.
December 5 – The military seizes power in Fiji, in a coup d'état led by Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
December 11
Felipe Calderón sends the Mexican military to combat the drug cartels and put do... |
2007_0 | 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2007th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 7th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2000s decade. |
2007_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eurozone.
Adam Air Flight 574, en route to Manado, Indonesia, from Surabaya, Indonesia, crashes into the Makassar Strait; killing all 102 on board.
January 4 – Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the Unit... |
2007_1 | Section: February (2):
February 2 – The IPCC publishes its fourth assessment report, having concluded that global climate change is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause.
February 3 – A truck bomb explodes in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 135 people and injures 339 others.
February 13 – North Korea agrees... |
2007_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – The fourth International Polar Year, a $1.73 billion research program to study both the North Pole and South Pole, is launched in Paris.
March 3 – A total lunar eclipse occurs and is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. It is the 52nd lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros series 123 oc... |
2007_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 – Diary of a Wimpy Kid is first published. The book series will become a staple of the 2010s with over 18 books.
April 16 – Virginia tech massacre: 23 year-old Seung-Hui Cho fatally shot 32 people and injured 17 others. He used two semi-automatic pistols to kill them and killed himself as po... |
2007_4 | Section: May (2):
May 3 – British three-year old Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Lagos, Portugal, described by The Daily Telegraph as "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".
May 4 – The 2007 Greensburg tornado moves through Kiowa County, Kansas, United States, striking the town o... |
2007_5 | Section: June (2):
June 5 – NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its second fly-by of Venus on route to Mercury.
June 10 – 15: Fatah-Hamas conflict: The victory of the political party Hamas militant wing in Battle of Gaza gains the political party control of the Gaza strip.
June 15 – Bob Barker hosts his final episode... |
2007_6 | Section: July (2):
July 4 – The International Olympic Committee awards Sochi the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.
July 7 – Live Earth Concerts are held in nine major cities around the world to raise environmental awareness.
July 11 – The traffic accident between Toyota Kijang Kapsul's car and the truck which con... |
2007_7 | Section: August (2):
August 4 – The Phoenix spacecraft is launched toward Mars to study its north pole.
August 9 – The French global bank BNP Paribas in the United Kingdom blocks withdrawals from three hedge funds heavily committed in sub-prime mortgages, signaling the financial crisis of 2007–2008.
August 14 – Multipl... |
2007_8 | Section: September (2):
September 6 – Israeli Air Force airplanes attack a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria in an airstrike.
September 7 – October 20 – The 2007 Rugby World Cup takes place in France. South Africa beat defending champions England in the final.
September 13 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts ... |
2007_9 | Section: October (2):
October 10 – Valve Software released The Orange Box on Windows and Xbox 360.
October 22 – Montenegro adopts a new constitution, which among other things changes the country's official name from "Republic of Montenegro" to "Montenegro".
October 28 – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first ... |
2007_10 | Section: November (2):
November 7 – Whistleblower website WikiLeaks leaks the standard US army protocol at Guantanamo Bay.
November 7 – Jokela school shooting happened in Finland.
November 16 – Up to 15,000 people are believed to have been killed after Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh.
November 24 – 2007 Australian federal... |
2007_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – At the age of 81 years, 244 days, Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever reigning British monarch, surpassing Queen Victoria who was aged 81 years, 243 days upon her death on January 22, 1901.
December 13 – The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of European Union.
Decem... |
2008_0 | 2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade. |
2008_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – Cyprus and Malta adopt the euro currency.
January 14 – At 19:04:39 UTC, the uncrewed MESSENGER space probe is at its closest approach during its first flyby of the planet Mercury.
January 21
Stock markets around the world plunge amid growing fears of a U.S. Great Recession, fueled by t... |
2008_1 | Section: February (2):
February 4 – Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name One million voices against FARC.
February 17 – Kosovo formally declares independence from Serbia, to a mixed response from the international community.
February 18 – WikiLeaks releases allegations of illegal activities carr... |
2008_2 | Section: March (2):
March 2 – Venezuela and Ecuador move troops to the Colombian border, following a Colombian raid against FARC guerrillas inside Ecuadorian territory, in which senior commander Raúl Reyes is killed.
March 8 – Barisan Nasional loses two-thirds majority, for the first time since 1969, to opposition duri... |
2008_3 | Section: April (2):
April 29 – Grand Theft Auto IV is released worldwide, selling over 3.6 million units and earning $310 million during the first day, becoming not only the highest grossing video game release of all-time, but also the highest grossing entertainment product release ever.
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2008_4 | Section: May (2):
May 2 – Iron Man is released in theaters, starting the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
May 3 – Cyclone Nargis passes through Myanmar, killing more than 138,000 people.
May 12 – An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale strikes Sichuan, China, killing an estimated 87,000 people.
May 20–24 – ... |
2008_5 | Section: June (2):
June 7–29 – Austria and Switzerland jointly host the UEFA Euro 2008 football tournament, which is won by Spain.
June 11
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologizes, on behalf of the Canadian government, to the country's First Nations for... |
2008_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 – Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
July 2 – Íngrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages are rescued from FARC rebels by Colombian security forces.
July 10 – Apple Inc. launches the App Store with 500 apps available at launch.
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2008_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1
India and United States sign the historic Civil Nuclear deal.
Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions die on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
August 6 – President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi of Mauritania ... |
2008_8 | Section: September (2):
September 5 – Quentin Bryce becomes the first female Governor-General of Australia.
September 10 – The proton beam is circulated for the first time in the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, located at CERN, near Geneva, under the Franco-Swiss bord... |
2008_9 | Section: October (2):
October 3 – Global financial crisis: U.S. President George W. Bush signs the revised Emergency Economic Stabilization Act into law, creating a 700 billion dollar Treasury fund to purchase failing bank assets.
October 6 – A controversial Peruvian tape regarding a Norwegian oil company causes the 20... |
2008_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1 – Satoshi Nakamoto publishes "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System".
November 2 – In a race won by Brazilian driver Felipe Massa, British driver Lewis Hamilton ends in 5th place in 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix and becomes the first black driver to win the Formula One World Champ... |
2008_11 | Section: December (2):
December 10 – The Channel Island of Sark, a British Crown dependency, holds its first fully democratic elections under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory to abolish feudalism.
December 11 – Bernard Madoff is arrested for securities fraud after he was turned in ... |
2009_0 | 2009 (MMIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade. |
2009_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda assume their seats on the United Nations Security Council.
Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, becomes the American Capital of Culture and Vilnius and Linz become the European Capitals of Culture.
Slovakia adopts the euro as its national currency, replacin... |
2009_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is enthroned as the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church following the death of his predecessor, Alexy II in 2008.
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the world's first openly lesbian head of government.
Febr... |
2009_2 | Section: March (2):
March 2 – The President of Guinea-Bissau, João Bernardo Vieira, is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau.
March 4 – The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. al-Bashir... |
2009_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 – Albania and Croatia join the NATO.
April 5 – North Korea launches a rocket from its Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground, which it says is carrying the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite, prompting an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
April 6 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake stri... |
2009_4 | Section: May (2):
May 11–24 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope on May 11, landing at Edwards Air Force Base May 24.
May 12–16 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 takes place in Moscow, Russia, and is won by Norwegian entrant Alexander Rybak with the song "Fairytale".
May 15
Fran... |
2009_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – Air France Flight 447, en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board.
June 11 – The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain, commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global pandemic.
June 12 – Analog television ends in the Uni... |
2009_6 | Section: July (2):
• July 4 - Steve McNair Former NFL qb for the Tennessee Titans shot and killed by his girlfriend in Nashville Tennessee.
July 5 – Violent riots broke out in Ürümqi, Xinjiang. PRC officials said that a total of 197 people died.
July 7 – A public memorial service for Michael Jackson is held at Staples... |
2009_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – Former President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino dies at the age of 76 of cardiopulmonary arrest after complications of colon cancer. A memorial service and funeral is scheduled for August 5. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
August 3 – Bolivia becomes the first South American country to dec... |
2009_8 | Section: September (2):
September 21 – China becomes the first country to succeed a completed clinical trial by a company for the 2009/H1N1 vaccine in the world during the flu pandemic.
September 22 – WikiLeaks exposes the contents of Kaupthing Bank's internal documents prior to the Icelandic Financial Crisis. These do... |
2009_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1 – Paleontologists announce the discovery of an Ardipithecus ramidus fossil skeleton, deeming it the oldest remains of a human ancestor yet found.
October 2
Ireland holds a second referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty. The amendment is approved by the Irish electorate, having been rejected... |
2009_10 | Section: November (2):
November 3
The Czech Republic becomes the final member-state of the European Union to sign the Treaty of Lisbon, thereby permitting that document's initiation into European law.
The Prime Minister of Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy, is designated the first permanent President of the European Council, ... |
2009_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force.
December 5 – Fire at the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm, Russia.
December 7–18 – The UNFCCC's 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
December 8 – A series of attacks in Baghdad, Iraq kill at least 127 people ... |
2010_0 | 2010 (MMX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade. |
2010_0 | Section: January (2):
January 4 – The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened.
January 8 – The Togo national football team is attacked in Cabinda Province, Angola, and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations. The attack was perpetrated by th... |
2010_1 | Section: February (2):
February 3 – The sculpture L'Homme qui marche I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for £65 million (US$103.7 million), setting a new world record for a work of art sold at auction.
February 5 – The d'Wäschfra satirical magazine begins publication in Luxembourg.
February 10 – The Australian gov... |
2010_2 | Section: March (2):
March 16 – The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire.
March 22 – Four-year-old Paulette Gebara Farah disappears from her family's home located in Huixquilucan, State of Mexico.
March 26 – The ROKS Cheonan, a South Korean Navy ship carrying 104 personnel, sin... |
2010_3 | Section: April (2):
April 3 – The first iPad was released.
April 5 – Julian Assange leaks footage of a 2007 airstrike in Iraq titled "Collateral Murder" on the website WikiLeaks.
April 7 – Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev flees the country amid fierce anti-government riots in the capital, Bishkek.
April 10 – The Pres... |
2010_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Expo 2010 is held in Shanghai, China.
May 2 – The eurozone and the International Monetary Fund agree to a €110 billion bailout package for Greece. The package involves sharp Greek austerity measures.
May 4 – Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Pablo Picasso sells in New York for US$106.5 million, s... |
2010_5 | Section: June (2):
June 9 – The Chicago Blackhawks win their first Stanley Cup since 1961.
June 10 – 14 – Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks result in the deaths of hundreds.
June 11 – July 11 – The 2010 FIFA World Cup is held in South Africa, and is won by Spain.
June 24 – Julia Gillard is elected un... |
2010_6 | Section: July (2):
July 8 – The first 24-hour flight by a solar-powered plane is completed by the Solar Impulse.
July 13 – Microsoft ends extended support for Windows 2000.
July 16 – First (test) Instagram posts made by co-developers Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom in San Francisco; the service launches publicly on Octo... |
2010_7 | Section: August (2):
August 10 – The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns.
August 16 – AIRES Flight 8250, A Boeing 737–700, crashed on landing at San Andrés, Colombia.
August 21 – 2010 Australian federal election: Ju... |
2010_8 | Section: September (2):
September 4 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Christchurch, New Zealand causing large amounts of damage but no direct fatalities. It is the first in a series of earthquakes between 2010 and 2012 that resulted in the deaths of 187 people and over $40 billion worth of damage. Seismologists noted ... |
2010_9 | Section: October (2):
October 3 – Germany makes final reparation payment for World War I.
October 3 – 14 – 2010 Commonwealth Games takes place in Delhi, India.
October 6 – Instagram was launched.
October 10 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved, with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status.
... |
2010_10 | Section: November (2):
November 2 – 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama's first term. Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives.
November 4 – Aero C... |
2010_11 | Section: December (2):
December – Comet Hale Bopp was found again around 30.7 AU away from the Sun. The previous time the Comet was found was in April 1997.
December 9 – Estonia becomes the 34th member of the OECD.
December 17 – The attempted suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, triggers the Tunisia... |
2011_0 | 2011 (MMXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 11th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2010s decade. |
2011_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.
A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
Flight 348 with 134 occupants, operated by Kolavia, catches fire while taxiing out for take-off. Three... |
2011_1 | Section: February (2):
February 11 – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns after widespread protests calling for his departure, leaving control of Egypt in the hands of the military, until a general election can be held.
February 15 – The First Libyan Civil War starts.
February 19–April 2 – The 2011 Cricket World C... |
2011_2 | Section: March (2):
March 6 – Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War is triggered when 15 youths in Daraa are arrested for scrawling graffiti on their school wall denouncing the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
March 11 – A 9.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 19,759 ... |
2011_3 | Section: April (2):
April 7 – The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever.
April 11 – Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is arrested in his home in Abidjan by supporters of elected Presi... |
2011_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, was killed on May 2, 2011 (PKT, UTC+05) during an American military operation in Pakistan.
May 5 – In Brazil, the Supreme Federal Court approves same-sex marriage.
May 10–14 – The... |
2011_5 | Section: June (2):
June 4 – Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand and Australia, and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.
June 6 – Twitch.tv, a video game-focused live streaming service, is launched as a spinoff from Justin.tv.
June 15 – A riot broke out i... |
2011_6 | Section: July (2):
July 6 – The International Olympic Committee awards PyeongChang the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.
July 9 – South Sudan secedes from Sudan, per the result of the independence referendum held in January.
July 12 – The planet Neptune completes its first orbit since it was discovered in 1846.
J... |
2011_7 | Section: August (2):
August – Stock exchanges worldwide suffer heavy losses due to the fears of contagion of the European sovereign debt crisis and the credit rating downgraded as a result of the debt-ceiling crisis of the United States.
August 5
NASA announces that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured photogra... |
2011_8 | Section: September (2):
September 5 – India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute.
September 9–October 23 – The 2011 Rugby World Cup is held in and won by New Zealand.
September 10 – The MV Spice Islander I, carrying at least 800 people, sinks off the coast of Zanzibar, killing 240 ... |
2011_9 | Section: October (2):
October 4 – The death toll from the flooding of Cambodia's Mekong river and attendant flash floods reaches 207.
October 18
Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange: Israel and the Palestinian militant organization Hamas begin a major prisoner exchange, in which the captured Israeli Army soldier Gilad Shalit... |
2011_10 | Section: November (2):
November 9 – The first nationwide Emergency Alert System test is conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the United States.
November 18 – Mojang Studios of Sweden release the blockbuster video game Minecraft, which becomes the best-selling video game of all time.
November 26 – The... |
2011_11 | Section: December (2):
December 15 – The United States formally declares an end to the Iraq War. While this ends the insurgency, it begins another.
December 16 – Tropical Storm Washi causes 1,268 flash flood fatalities in the Philippines, with 85 people officially listed as missing.
December 17 – North Korean leader Ki... |
2012_0 | 2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade. |
2012_0 | Section: January (2):
January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the Romanian city of Târgu Mureș, protesters expressing solidarity towards certain figures in the medical field and calling for the resignation of president Traian Băsescu. The protests would soon spread thro... |
2012_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 – Egypt's deadliest football incident known as the Port Said Stadium riot is sparked after local Port Said Al Masry fans attack supporters of Cairo-based team Al Ahly SC. The massacre results in 74 deaths: 72 Al Ahly fans, 1 Al Masry fan and 1 police officer. Most of the deaths are cau... |
2012_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – Sauli Niinistö is inaugurated as the 12th President of Finland.
March 4
A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, with at least 250 people dead.
Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.
March 5 – Air date of Kony ... |
2012_3 | Section: April (2):
April 6 – The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad unilaterally declares the independence of Azawad from Mali.
April 11 – An 8.6 earthquake strikes Indonesia triggering a small tsunami that hits the coast of Aceh.
April 12 – Mutinous soldiers in Guinea-Bissau stage a coup d'état and take c... |
2012_4 | Section: May (2):
May 2 – A pastel version of The Scream, by the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for US$120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for an auctioned work of art.
May 6 – Legislative elections are held in Greece to elect all 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament and the New... |
2012_5 | Section: June (2):
June 3 – Dana Air Flight 0992, on a flight from Abuja to Lagos, Nigeria, suffered a dual-engine failure during its approach to Lagos where it crashed onto buildings, killing all 153 people on board and six on the ground.
June 5–6 – The century's second and last solar transit of Venus occurs. The next... |
2012_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 – The final match of the UEFA Euro 2012 takes place in Kyiv between Spain and Italy. Spain wins 4–0, achieving victorious from the third international tournament in a row, after winning UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
July 4
CERN announces the discovery of a new particle with prope... |
2012_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – Microsoft finishes development of Windows 8, with general availability announced for October 26
August 6 – Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars.
August 24 – The House of Representatives of Japan passes a resolution criticizing the President o... |
2012_8 | Section: September (2):
September 4 – Windows 7 overtakes Windows XP in market share globally.
September 7 – Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran, and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and human rights abuses.
Septe... |
2012_9 | Section: October (2):
October 14 – Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without any machine assistance, during a record space dive out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon from 128,000 ft (24 miles (39 km)) over Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.
Octobe... |
2012_10 | Section: November (2):
November 6 – 2012 United States presidential election: Barack Obama is reelected President of the United States, defeating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
November 13 – A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific. It is the 45th of 72 solar eclipses of Solar Sa... |
2012_11 | Section: December (2):
December 6 – The U.S. state of Washington becomes the first jurisdiction in the modern world to officially legalize the possession of cannabis for personal use.
December 6–16 – The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup is held in Japan and won by Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.
December 8 – The UN Climate Ch... |
2013_0 | 2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade. |
2013_0 | Section: January (2):
January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake: A Mw 7.5 (Ms 7.7, 'Moderate') earthquake shakes Prince of Wales Island.
January 10 – At least 130 people are killed and 270 are injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan.
January 11 – The French military begins a 5-month intervention into the Northern Ma... |
2013_1 | Section: February (2):
February 11- The Emergency Alert Systems of five different television stations across the U.S. states of Montana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and New Mexico are hijacked, airing a false "Zombie apocalypse" hoax. It is amongst one of the largest cybersecurity breaches in EAS history.
February 12 – North ... |
2013_2 | Section: March (2):
March 13 – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is elected the 266th pope, whereupon he takes the name Francis and becomes the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere.
March 24 – Central African Republic President François Bozizé fl... |
2013_3 | Section: April (2):
April 2 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the international trade of conventional weapons.
April 13 – Venezuelan presidential election: Nicolás Maduro is declared winner with a narrow victory over his opponent Henrique Capriles Radonski. Protests continue... |
2013_4 | Section: May (2):
May 14–18 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 takes place in Malmö, Sweden, and is won by Danish entrant Emmelie de Forest with the song "Only Teardrops".
May 15
Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University in the United States describe the first production of human embryonic stem cells by cloni... |
2013_5 | Section: June (2):
June 6 – Former CIA employee Edward Snowden discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government mass surveillance program to news publications and flees the country, later being granted temporary asylum in Russia.
June 12 – Jiroemon Kimura, the verified oldest man to have ever lived, dies at 116 yea... |
2013_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 – Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.
July 3 – Amid protests, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is deposed in a military coup d'état, leading to widespread violence.
July 6
A runaway train carrying crude oil derails in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, catching fire and exploding, killin... |
2013_7 | Section: August (2):
August 8 – The TU Me instant messaging and Voice over IP app is discontinued.
August 13 – Platform game, Geometry Dash is released by Swedish developer, RobTop.
August 14 – Following the military coup in Egypt, two anti-coup camps are raided by the security forces, leaving 2,696 people dead. The ra... |
2013_8 | Section: September (2):
September 7
2013 Australian federal election: The Liberal/National Coalition led by Tony Abbott defeats the Labor Government led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Abbott would be sworn in on September 18th.
The International Olympic Committee awards Tokyo the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.
... |
2013_9 | Section: October (2):
October 10 – Delegates from some 140 countries and territories sign the Minamata Treaty, a UNEP treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds.
October 15 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Bohol, Philippines, leaving 222 d... |
2013_10 | Section: November (2):
November 5 – The uncrewed Mars Orbiter Mission is launched by India from its launch pad in Sriharikota.
November 8 – Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), one of the strongest tropical cyclones on record, hits the Philippines and Vietnam, causing devastation with at least 6,241 people dead.
November 12 – Thr... |
2013_11 | Section: December (2):
December 3 – Analog television ends in Australia and is replaced by digital television
December 7 – Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization delegates sign the Bali Package agreement aimed at loosening global trade barriers.
December 14 – Chinese uncrewed spacecraft Chang'e 3,... |
2014_0 | 2014 (MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade. |
2014_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – Latvia adopts the euro as its currency and becomes the 18th member of the Eurozone.
January 5 – A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV Mk.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic rocket engine.
January 9 – The Elk River Chemical Spill in C... |
2014_1 | Section: February (2):
February – The West African Ebola virus epidemic begins, infecting at least 28,616 people and killing at least 11,310 people, the most severe both in terms of numbers of infections and casualties.
February 7–23 – The XXII Olympic Winter Games are held in Sochi, Russia. Slopestyle events are intro... |
2014_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – 2014 Kunming attack: Eight knife-wielding terrorists stabbed and slashed passengers at the Kunming railway station in Kunming, Yunnan, China, killing 31 people and injuring 143 others.
March 5 – Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela, severs diplomatic and political ties with Panama, a... |
2014_3 | Section: April (2):
April 7 – The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic statelet unilaterally declares its independence from Ukraine.
April 10 – In response to the invasion and subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russia, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passes a resolution to temporarily st... |
2014_4 | Section: May (2):
May 2
2014 Odesa clashes
May 5
The World Health Organization identifies the spread of poliomyelitis in at least 10 countries as a major worldwide health emergency.
Boko Haram militants kill approximately 300 people in a night attack on Gamboru Ngala in Nigeria.
May 6–10 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2... |
2014_5 | Section: June (2):
June 5 – A Sunni militant group now calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) begins an offensive through northern Iraq, aiming to capture the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad and overthrow the Shiite government led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Jun... |
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