Moments in History
The events Wikipedia's editors chose for each day of the year — about 6,500 turning points, each at the day it happened.
Events 6531 totals
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Nov
4
2016
📜 The Paris Agreement, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,…
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Nov
6
2016
📜 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launched a successful military campaign…
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Nov
9
2016
📜 A tram derailment in Croydon, London, killed seven people.
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Nov
28
2016
📜 LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 people, many of whom were…
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Dec
2
2016
📜 Thirty-six people died when a fire broke out at an illegally converted warehouse in…
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Dec
9
2016
📜 Park Geun-hye, the president of South Korea, was impeached, marking the culmination of…
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Dec
17
2016
📜 The first victims of a mass methanol poisoning which eventually killed over 70…
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Dec
19
2016
📜 Andrei Karlov (pictured), Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an art…
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Dec
25
2016
📜 A Tupolev Tu-154 of the Russian Defence Ministry crashed into the Black Sea shortly…
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Jan
16
2017
📜 Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 crashed in Manas International Airport (aftermath pictured)…
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Jan
21
2017
📜 Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the…
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Jan
29
2017
📜 A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing…
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Feb
13
2017
📜 Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was assassinated…
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Feb
23
2017
📜 Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of…
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Mar
2
2017
📜 A naming ceremony for the chemical elements moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson took…
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Mar
4
2017
📜 Construction began on a 69-metre (226 ft) statue of the Buddha at Wat Paknam…
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Mar
8
2017
📜 The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor
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Mar
29
2017
📜 British prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union,…
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Apr
7
2017
📜 A hijacker deliberately drove a truck into crowds along Drottninggatan in Stockholm,…
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Apr
11
2017
📜 The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund was attacked with roadside…
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Apr
13
2017
📜 War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the…
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Apr
26
2017
📜 The Shandong was launched for the People's Liberation Army Navy, China's first…
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May
10
2017
📜 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces, assisted by the U.S. military, captured…
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May
12
2017
📜 The WannaCry ransomware attack affected more than 400,000 computers worldwide, including…
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May
13
2017
📜 Eurovision Song Contest: Portugal won the contest for the first time, with the song…
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