2023
Xi Jinping has been handed an unprecedented third term as president, capping an ascent in which he has become China's most powerful leader in generations. In a carefully choreographed ceremony in Beijing, Xi held up his right fist and placed his left hand on a red leather copy of China's constitution.

2021
China and Russia agree to build a research station on or around the Moon and collaborate on lunar missions.

2020
Italy announces it is locking down the whole country due to a spike in COVID-19 cases with 10,040 cases and 630 deaths.

1993
Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak

1988
Aftermath Entertainment signs then unknown rapper Eminem.

1987
U2 release their fifth album “The Joshua Tree” (Grammy for Best Album 1988).

1986
NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts.

1977
Terry Fox 1958-1981 loses right leg above the knee to cancer; fitted with artificial leg; learns to walk, drive a car, play golf.

1964
Production began on the first Ford Mustang.

1959
Mattel introduced Barbie at the annual Toy Fair in New York.

1935
Adolf Hitler publicly announces the creation of a new air force, the Luftwaffe.

1908
Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from the Milan Cricket and Football Club.

1842
The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.

1497
Nicolaus Copernicus' 1st recorded astronomical observation.

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