The Phenomenon of August 15: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations Natural Disasters & Epidemics

2017  Scientists genetic study of the apple reveal its origin was in Kazakhstan, published in "Nature Communications"   

2017  Barack Obama 's tweet "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." in response to Charlottesville violence is recorded as becoming most-liked tweet ever   

2017  Daniel Craig confirms he will play James Bond one more time.   

2018  Italian PM Giuseppe Conte declares a 12-month state of emergency in Liguria after the collapse of the Morandi Bridge.   

2018  Boat overturns in floods near the Nile in Northern Sudan, leaving 25 dead, most of them school children.   

2018  Suicide bomber attacks tuition centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 48 and injuring 67   

2018  Australian Senator Fraser Anning evokes Nazi euphemism "a final solution to the immigration problem", in proposing outlawing Muslim immigration into Australia in parliament speech.   

2018  Record 72000 Americans (up 10%) killed by drug overdoses in 2017 in new figures by Centers for Disease Control.   

2018  inaugural ever US execution by fentanyl of Carey Dean Moore at Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln.   

2018  Bar-hopping for pintxos (Basque tapas) in San Sebastián, Spain, named world's best food experience in Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eatlist.   

2018  US President Trump revokes security clearance of former CIA Director and Trump critic John Brennan   

2019  The European Central Bank shuts down PNB Banka after ruling it had become insolvent; this bank, previously called Norvik Banka, was Latvia's sixth-largest lender, and was a critic of the Baltic country's financial authorities   

2020  The Japanese bulk carrier Wakashio, which stranded on a reef in Mauritius last month, breaks in half. Approximately 1000 tonnes of oil are spilled into the ocean, becoming the largest environmental disaster in the history of Mauritius.   

2021  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls a snap election for 20 September, two years ahead of schedule.   

2021  2021 Taliban offensive: The Taliban capture Kabul; the Afghan government surrenders to the Taliban   

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