Events 201 - 211 of 211
Event of Interest
2013 Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415
Benedict XVI
- 2014 11 people are killed after a grenade was tossed into a movie theatre in Peshawar, Pakistan
- 2014 77 people are killed after a military transport plane crashes in Algeria
- 2014 Peace talks resume in Geneva as leaders attempt to bring an end to the civil war in Syria
- 2015 Francesco Schettino, Captain of the Costa Concordia that ran aground 2012, is convicted of manslaughter in Grosseto and sentenced to 16 years in jail
- 2016 Discover of gravitational waves (through collision of two black holes) announced by physicists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (Ligo)
- 2016 Riot between rival drug cartels at a prison in Monterrey, Mexico, leaves 52 dead
- 2016 Last of Oregon militia occupying Malheur wildlife refuge surrenders to authorities after 41 days
- 2016 Sixth Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast on CNN and PBS, and held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 2018 Russian airliner crashes south-east of Moscow, killing all 71 on board
Event of Interest
2018 MOMA opens a major solo exhibition for Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral in New York
Tarsila do Amaral