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Global10900 BCEDisasters
A cosmic impact or airburst over North America triggers abrupt climate cooling, extinctions, and the collapse of Clovis-era human settlements.
The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH) is a widely refuted fringe hypothesis for the cause of the sudden influx of freshwater into the ocean which disrupted the thermohaline circulation and resulted in the onset o… - summary
Global10000 BCETech launches
Animal domestication in the Fertile Crescent provided renewable food sources, wool, and labor, transforming subsistence economics.
In that time, humans have substantially altered the morphology and the behaviour of the domesticated descendants of the rock dove to suit their needs for food, aesthetic satisfaction and entertainment. - summary
Syria10000 BCEDisasters
Abrupt climate event at dawn of agriculture forces settlement abandonment and population dispersal, shaping the Neolithic transition.
Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth's climate. - summary
Israel9000 BCEFestivals
Coordinated burial sites in the Levant reveal early evidence of ritual practice, ceremonial objects, and symbolic thinking among pre-agricultural communities.
They are today classified as Homo sapiens, among the earliest of their species in Eurasia. - summary
Global2100 BCEElections
The Code of Ur-Nammu establishes humanity's first written laws, codifying justice systems and the rights and obligations of citizens in a complex society.
The earliest known life forms on Earth may be as old as 4.1 billion years according to biologically fractionated graphite inside a single zircon grain in the Jack Hills range of Australia. - summary
Canada2023Disasters
The catastrophic implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible during a Titanic wreck expedition killed all five aboard and exposed fatal lapses in deep-sea exploration safety.
On 18 June 2023, Titan, a submersible operated by the American tourism and expeditions company OceanGate, imploded during an expedition to view the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New… - summary
South Korea2022Disasters
A crush at a crowded Halloween celebration in Seoul killed 156 people, exposing inadequate safety protocols at major public events in developed nations.
Death toll: 158 people - key fact
Global2021
On this day (05/22), 5 years ago: Hypothermia kills 21 runners in the 100 km (60-mile) Gansu ultramarathon disaster in China.
On 22 May 2021, twenty-one professional runners died from hypothermia while competing in a government-run 100-kilometre (62 mi) trail running race held in the Yellow River Stone Forest in Jingtai County, Gansu, China. - summary
Global2020
On this day (05/22), 6 years ago: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashes in Model Colony near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 98 people.
On 22 May 2020, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303, a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Lahore to Karachi, crashed while on approach to Jinnah International Airport Karachi, killing 97 out of the 99 pe… - summary
Sweden2019Protests
A teenage climate activist's solo school strikes sparked a global youth movement demanding governments act on climate change, shifting the political agenda.
Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg is a Swedish activist known for pressuring governments to address climate change and social issues. - summary
United Kingdom2016Elections
May assumed office in the wake of the Brexit referendum, tasked with negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union.
Modern prime ministers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons, so they are invariably members of Parliament. - summary
Malaysia2014Disasters
MH370's unexplained vanishing over the Indian Ocean became aviation's most perplexing mystery and exposed gaps in global aircraft tracking systems.
On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 12:41 AM bound for Beijing Capital International Airport with 239 people aboard—227 passengers and 12 crew members. - summary
Global2014
On this day (07/24), 12 years ago: Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people on board are killed.
Air Algérie Flight 5017 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, Algeria, which crashed near Gossi, Mali, on 24 July 2014. - summary
Global2012
On this day (07/21), 14 years ago: Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
Erden Eruç is a Turkish-American adventurer who became the first person in history to complete an entirely solo and entirely human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth on 21 July 2012 in Bodega Bay, California, Unite… - summary
Global2011
On this day (07/13), 15 years ago: Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896 crashes in Boa Viagem, Recife, killing all 16 people on board.
On 13 July 2011, Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896, a Let L-410 Turbolet passenger aircraft on a domestic service from Recife to Mossoró, Brazil, crashed shortly after take-off in the Boa Viagem neighbourhood of Recife, … - summary
Singapore2010Launches
Marina Bay Sands' inauguration on June 23, 2010, became an iconic symbol of Singapore's architectural ambition and cementing its status as a premier tourist destination.
The resort includes a 1,850-room hotel, a 120,000-square-metre (1,300,000 sq ft) meetings and conventions facility at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, a 74,000-square-metre luxury shopping mall, The Shoppes at Marina B… - summary
Global2010
On this day (05/22), 16 years ago: Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737 crashes over a cliff upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of 166 people on board, becoming the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 until the crash of Lion Air Flight 610.
Air India Express Flight 812 was a scheduled international flight from Dubai International Airport, Dubai, to Mangalore International Airport, Mangalore. - summary
India2008Sports
The IPL revolutionized cricket as a global franchise sport and became the world's richest league by media value, reshaping professional athletics in the developing world.
The prime minister has to be a member of one of the houses of bicameral Parliament of India, alongside heading the respective house. - summary
Global2008
On this day (07/13), 18 years ago: Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
The Battle of Wanat took place on July 13, 2008, when around 200 Taliban insurgents attacked American troops stationed in the Waygal district of Afghanistan's far eastern Nuristan province. - summary
Global2005
On this day (07/26), 21 years ago: Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. - summary