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5·18 광주 민주화 운동
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5·18 광주 민주화 운동(五一八光州民主化運動) 혹은 5·18 민주화 운동(五一八民主化運動), 광주민중항쟁(光州民衆抗爭)은 1980년 5월 18일부터 5월 28일까지 광주시민과 전라남도민이 중심이 되어, 조속한 민주…

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칠곡 계모 아동학대 사망 사건은 계모가 의붓딸을 마구잡이로 폭행하여 숨지게 한 혐의로 계모와 친아버지가 구속기소된 사건이다.

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2014
Prayut Chan-o-cha (pictured), the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d'état against the caretaker government following six months of political crisis.
2010
Upon landing in Mangalore, Air India Express Flight 812 overshot the runway and fell down a hillside, killing 158 of the 166 people on board.
2002
Police announced that the skeletal remains of Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy, who had been missing for a year, had been found in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.
1998
In Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong, the Court of Appeal of Singapore overruled a High Court decision in the only time a statute in Singapore had been ruled unconstitutional.
1987
During Hindu–Muslim rioting in Meerut, India, 19 members of the Provincial Armed Constabulary allegedly massacred 42 Muslims and dumped their bodies in water canals.
1980
Location testing for Pac-Man, a Japanese arcade game that became an icon of 1980s popular culture, began in Shibuya, Tokyo.
1972
The Dominion of Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka, adopted a new constitution, and officially became a republic within the Commonwealth.
1960
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded, registering approximately 9.5 Mw, struck near Valdivia, Chile, generating tsunamis that reached Hawaii and Japan.
1958
Ethnic riots mostly targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils broke out in Ceylon, resulting in at least 158 deaths over the next few days.
1939
Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel, a military and political alliance.

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