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Event of Interest
2002 Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
Fidel Castro
Jimmy Carter
- 2003 The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by Al Qaeda, kill 26
- 2003 Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan
- 2006 A major rebellion occurs in São Paulo as members of criminal organization Primeiro Comando da Capital attack police officers and stations, eventually escalating to several prisons in Brazil leaving around 130 dead
- 2007 Riots in Karachi, Pakistan are started by the arrival at Karachi's airport of independently minded Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and go on to kill 48 people
- 2007 52nd Eurovision Song Contest: Marija Serifovic wins singing "Molitva" in Helsinki
- 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, measuring 7.8 in magnitude occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 87,000, injuring 374,643 and leaving homeless between 4.8 million and 11 million people
- 2010 An Afriqiyah Airways Flight crashes and kills everyone but one person on board
- 2012 The discovery of a missing Mayan calendar piece disproves 2012 Armageddon
Canonization
- 2013 Paris Saint-Germain win the Ligue 1 French football title
- 2013 59th British Academy Television Awards: "The Revolution Will Be Televised" Best Comedy, "Last Tango in Halifax" Best Drama
- 2014 Voters in Eastern Ukraine vote for self-rule in referendum
- 2016 Michel Temer, former vice-president, becomes Brazilian interim President after a vote to impeach Dilma Rousseff
- 2017 Brazil declares end to Zika national emergency as cases decrease
Album Release
2017 Former One Direction singer Harry Styles releases his self-titled debut solo album
Harry Styles