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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Aug
10
2019
📜 Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead in his…
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Aug
31
2019
📜 A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway,…
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Sep
14
2019
📜 Drone attacks on major processing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais forced Saudi Arabia…
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Sep
23
2019
📜 The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect,…
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Sep
24
2019
📜 The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously ruled that advice given by Prime…
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Sep
30
2019
📜 President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru, resulting in a constitutional…
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Oct
8
2019
📜 Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Oct
9
2019
📜 Syrian civil war: Turkish forces began an offensive into north-eastern Syria following…
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Oct
13
2019
📜 At the Chicago Marathon, Kenyan runner Brigid Kosgei (pictured) set the current marathon…
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Oct
18
2019
📜 Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the…
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Oct
27
2019
📜 The Mocking of Christ (pictured) by Cimabue sold at auction in France for €19.5 million,…
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Nov
9
2019
📜 The Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU Tigers football teams, both with undefeated records…
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Nov
9
2019
📜 Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor, a visa-free…
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Dec
1
2019
📜 Vivianne Miedema scored six goals and had four assists for Arsenal W.F.C. in their 11–1…
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Dec
13
2019
📜 Jo Swinson (pictured) steps down as Leader of the Liberal Democrats after losing her…
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Dec
15
2019
📜 Citizenship Amendment Act protests: 10 to 15 local women blockaded a major road in…
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Jan
4
2020
📜 Sembawang Hot Spring Park in Singapore reopened after being redeveloped by the National…
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Jan
7
2020
📜 After 253 days without an operational government, a second round of investiture votes…
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Jan
26
2020
📜 A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California, killing all nine people on…
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Jan
30
2020
📜 The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health…
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Feb
9
2020
📜 Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the…
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Feb
25
2020
📜 Hong Kong–based writer and publisher Gui Minhai, known for writing about Chinese…
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Mar
11
2020
📜 The World Health Organization (WHO) officialy declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a…
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Mar
27
2020
📜 North Macedonia became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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Apr
19
2020
📜 A series of attacks in Nova Scotia, Canada, ended when the perpetrator was killed by…
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