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2026-01-04

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Nicolás Maduro
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Nicolás Maduro

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Nicolás Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician and former union leader who became the president of Venezuela in 2013. On 3 January 2026, US forces captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores; they were transported to the US and charged with drug trafficking to which they pleaded not guilty. Although he was de facto rem…

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Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consist…

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On This Day

10 events
2020
Sembawang_Hot_Spring_Park
Sembawang Hot Spring Park in Singapore reopened after being redeveloped by the National Parks Board.
2019
Koszalin_escape_room_fire
A fire in an escape room in Koszalin, Poland, killed five teenagers.
2010
Burj_Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest structure, officially opened in Dubai.
2007
Nancy_Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government.
2004
Spirit_(rover)
Spirit (artist's impression depicted), the first of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, successfully landed on Mars.
1989
Grumman_F-14_Tomcat
Two American F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers that appeared to be attempting to engage them over the Gulf of Sidra.
1977
Punk_rock
The English punk-rock band Sex Pistols' lewd and disruptive behaviour at Heathrow Airport prompted the record label EMI to end their contract.
1973
Last_of_the_Summer_Wine
Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running sitcom in the world, premiered as an episode of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse.
1972
Rose_Heilbron
Rose Heilbron (pictured) became the first female judge to sit at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
1970
1970_Tonghai_earthquake
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake occurred in Tonghai County, China, killing at least 15,000 people.

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