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On this day (08/02), 12 years ago: At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
The 2014 Kunshan explosion was a dust explosion that occurred at Zhongrong Metal Production Company, an automotive parts factory located in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China, on 2 August 2014. - summary
United States2008Elections
Obama's victory as the first Black president of the United States electrified global discourse on racial progress and American political transformation.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4, 2008. - 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.
Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the executive. - summary
Netherlands2001Elections
The Netherlands legalized same-sex marriage, becoming the first nation globally and catalyzing a wave of marriage equality worldwide.
Virginity is a social construct that denotes the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. - summary
Global2001
On this day (07/14), 25 years ago: Australian criminal Bradley John Murdoch murders British tourist Peter Falconio and abducted his girlfriend in the Northern Territory.
Bradley John Murdoch was an Australian criminal who served a sentence of life imprisonment for the July 2001 murder of English backpacker Peter Falconio in Australia. - summary
Global2001
On this day (08/25), 25 years ago: American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
It was released on July 7, 2001, by Blackground Records and Virgin Records. - summary
Global2001
On this day (09/12), 25 years ago: Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
Ansett Australia, originally Ansett Airways, was a major Australian airline group based in Melbourne, Victoria. - summary
Global2001
On this day (09/21), 25 years ago: Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
Ross Andrew Parker, from Peterborough, England, was a seventeen-year-old white English male murdered in an unprovoked racially motivated crime. - summary
Global2000
On this day (05/22), 26 years ago: In Sri Lanka, over 150 Tamil rebels are killed over two days of fighting for control in Jaffna.
Sri Lanka competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. - summary
United States1997Tech launches
NASA's Pathfinder and Sojourner rover marked the first successful Mars surface exploration mission in two decades, proving cost-effective planetary science.
Mars Pathfinder was an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. - summary
United States1997Awards
Broadway's premier awards expanded recognition beyond traditional theatre to include modern and experimental works.
The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in Manhattan. - summary
Global1996
On this day (07/29), 30 years ago: The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was the United States Congress's first legislative attempt to regulate obscene and indecent material on the Internet. - summary
Global1992
On this day (07/18), 34 years ago: A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
Les Horribles Cernettes was an all-female parody pop group, self-labelled "the one and only High Energy Rock Band", which was founded by employees of CERN and performed at CERN and other HEP-related events. - summary
Switzerland1991Tech launches
Already in corpus—skipped per instruction.
The World Wide Web is a global interconnected information system that enables content sharing over the Internet. - summary
Global1991
On this day (08/02), 35 years ago: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. - summary
United Kingdom1989Disasters
A fatal crush during an FA Cup semifinal killed 97 fans and reshaped stadium safety standards worldwide.
It occurred during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the two standing-only central pens within the Leppings Lane stand allocated to Liverpool supporters. - summary
United States1989Sports
Joe Montana's final-minute touchdown pass solidified the San Francisco 49ers' dynasty and became one of football's most iconic clutch moments.
The 49ers defeated the Bengals 20–16, winning their third Super Bowl. - summary
Global1989
On this day (07/22), 37 years ago: The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.
On 6 July 1989, Abd al-Hadi Ghanim, a 25-year-old militant of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, seized the steering wheel of a crowded Egged commuter bus line No. - summary
South Korea1988Sports
Seoul's first Asian Olympics outside Japan showcased South Korea's transformation while tensions between North Korea and its allies created Cold War friction at the Games.
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad and officially branded as Seoul 1988, were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. - summary
United States1987Disasters
Black Monday's 22% single-day plunge exposed the danger of computerized trading and nearly triggered a second Great Depression.
A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks, which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include securities listed on a public stock exchange as well… - summary