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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Mar
14
2021
📜 The Burmese military and police forces killed at least 65 civilians during the…
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Mar
23
2021
📜 A container ship ran aground and obstructed the Suez Canal for six days.
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Apr
9
2021
📜 Prince Philip, the consort of Queen Elizabeth II, died at Windsor Castle aged 99.
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Apr
9
2021
📜 Myanmar civil war: Burmese military and police forces killed at least 82 civilians in…
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Apr
15
2021
📜 A mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, killed nine and…
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Apr
20
2021
📜 Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all charges in the murder of George Floyd by a…
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Apr
21
2021
📜 The Indonesian Navy submarine Nanggala imploded and sank in the Bali Sea, resulting in…
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Apr
30
2021
📜 A crowd crush killed 45 people during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon…
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May
3
2021
📜 An elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapsed, killing 26 people and injuring…
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May
23
2021
📜 A cable car crashed, killing 14 people near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy.
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May
23
2021
📜 Ryanair Flight 4978 was forced to land by Belarusian authorities, who detained dissident…
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Jun
6
2021
📜 A man rammed a pickup truck into Muslim Pakistani Canadian pedestrians in Ontario,…
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Jun
24
2021
📜 A portion of a 12-story condominium building collapsed (aftermath pictured) in Surfside,…
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Jul
8
2021
📜 Head of a Bear (pictured) sold at auction in London for a total of £8.8 million, a…
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Aug
12
2021
📜 Six people, including the perpetrator, were killed in a mass shooting in Plymouth,…
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Aug
14
2021
📜 A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck in Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing…
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Aug
28
2021
📜 The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.
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Oct
14
2021
📜 Approximately 10,000 John Deere employees went on strike in one of the largest…
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Dec
10
2021
📜 A tornado strikes an Amazon warehouse during increased holiday demand, killing six…
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Dec
12
2021
📜 At the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on the…
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Dec
24
2021
📜 Burmese military forces killed at least 40 civilians during the Mo So massacre in Kayah…
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Mar
2
2022
📜 Russian forces captured the city of Kherson, the only regional capital to be taken…
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Mar
27
2022
📜 At the 94th Academy Awards, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage resulting in Smith…
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Apr
22
2022
📜 American climate activist Wynn Bruce set himself on fire outside the United States…
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May
11
2022
📜 Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting on…
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