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10 events
2022
Liz Truss (pictured) succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister following the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
2018
The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India.
2017
Hurricane Irma reached peak intensity near the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.
2000
The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the first Pride Night in Major League Baseball history.
1999
The Parliament of Singapore relocated from the Old Parliament House to its current meeting place (pictured).
1997
An estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide watched the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, on television.
1995
Cal Ripken Jr. (pictured) played his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game, breaking the 56-year-old record set by Lou Gehrig.
1976
Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko landed his MiG-25 in Hakodate, Japan, declaring his intention to defect to the West.
1970
Black September: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four airliners, landing two at Dawson's Field in Jordan and one in Cairo, while the last hijacking attempt was foiled near London.
1963
The Kennedy administration sent Victor H. Krulak and Joseph Mendenhall on a mission to assess the progress of the Vietnam War.

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