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COVID-19 pandemic
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COVID-19 pandemic

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The global COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread to other parts of Asia and then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of intern…

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Kim Jong Un
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Kim Jong Un is a North Korean politician who serves as both the general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) a…

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Waco siege
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The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by US federal government and Texas state law enforcement …

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On This Day

10 events
2022
Self-immolation_of_Wynn_Bruce
American climate activist Wynn Bruce set himself on fire outside the United States Supreme Court Building in an apparent protest against the climate crisis.
2016
Paris_Agreement
The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, opened for signature and was signed by 175 parties.
2013
Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested two men who were plotting to commit terrorist attacks against Via Rail operations.
2004
Ryongchon_disaster
Flammable cargo exploded at a railway station in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than a thousand others.
2000
Elián_González
In a pre-dawn raid, U.S. federal agents seized six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami and returned him to his Cuban father.
1993
Black_British_people
Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager, was murdered while waiting for a bus in Eltham, London, leading to cultural changes of attitudes on racism and the police, and to the law and police practice.
1951
Korean_War
Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacked positions occupied mainly by Australian and Canadian forces, starting the Battle of Kapyong.
1948
1947–1948_civil_war_in_Mandatory_Palestine
Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: The Jewish paramilitary group Haganah captured Haifa from the Arab Liberation Army.
1945
Jasenovac_concentration_camp
About 600 prisoners of the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia revolted, but only 80 managed to escape while the remainder were killed by the Ustaše regime.
1918
Transcaucasian_Democratic_Federative_Republic
The short-lived Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was established on territory formerly part of the Russian Empire.

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