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UEFA Euro 2016
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The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th U…

Pulse nightclub shooting
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On June 12, 2016, 29-year-old Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people and wounded 58 more in a mass shooting at Pulse, a g…

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10 events
2025
Air India Flight 171 crashes shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people.
2016
An Islamic terrorist killed 49 people in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida.
2010
Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the youngest sailor around the world.
1999
In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered Kosovo with a mandate of establishing a secure environment in the territory.
1994
The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden flight.
1991
More than 150 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the military in the village of Kokkadichcholai.
1987
Cold War: During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate by the Berlin Wall, US president Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" (speech featured).
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first film to star Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, was released.
1978
American serial killer David Berkowitz, popularly known as the "Son of Sam", was sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison for each of six killings.
1967
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws restricting interracial marriage in the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia.

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