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2007 Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union. 
2007 Hong Kong's new smoking law starts. From this day onwards, smoking is prohibited in clubs, karaoke bars, restaurants, and all public places.
2007 In this year, Slovenia formally adopts the euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar
2007 South Korea's Ban Ki-moon is recorded as becoming the new United Nations Secretary-General, replacing Kofi Annan.
2007 War in Somalia: Fighters of the Islamic Courts Union abandon their last stronghold in Kismayo and flee for the Kenyan border
2009 61 die in nightclub fire in Bangkok, ailand.
2009 In this year, e government of e Republic of China formally adopts Hanyu Pinyin as its official Chinese romanization (before is time, e mo commonly used was Tongyong Pinyin.
2009 In this year, Slovakia officially formally adopts e Euro currency and is recorded as becoming e sixteen Eurozone country.
2010 A suicide bombing occurs at a volleyball game in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 95, and injuring over 100.
2010 Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.
2011 In this year, Estonia officially formally adopts the Euro currency and is recorded as becoming the seventeenth Eurozone country.
2013 13 FARC members are killed by an airstrike by the Columbian military
2014 Michael van Gerwen defeats Peter Wright to win the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship.
2017 Portuguese politician and diplomat António Guterres is recorded as becoming United Nations Secretary General, replacing South Korean Ban Ki-moon
2018 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says recent unrest "is nothing" after 30 people killed in 5 days of anti government demonstrations.
2018 California is recorded as becoming largest US state to legalise cannabis for recreational use
2018 Initiative of 300 Hollywood women called "Time's Up" announced to fight sexual harassment
2018 Japanese actress and former porn star Sora Aoi announces her engagement
2018 World Darts Championship: Retiring 16-time title holder Phil Taylor loses 7-2 to fellow Englishman Rob Cross in the Final at the Alexandra Palace, London.
2019 In this year, Jair Bolsonaro starts his 4 year term as President of Brazil
2019 In this year, Level at 1-1 in Hopman Cup tennis tie, Roger Federer and Serena Williams (combined 43 major singles titles) matchup in deciding mixed doubles; with team mate Belinda Bencic, Federer claims 4-2, 4-3 for 2-1 Swiss victory over US
2019 All works published in 1923 except sound recordings (see 2022 scheduled events) enter the public domain in the United States, the inaugural works to do so since the passage of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
2019 In this year, Jair Bolsonaro starts his four-year term as President of Brazil.
2019 Unmanned space probe New Horizons makes a close approach of the Kuiper belt object (KBO) 486958 Arrokoth at 05:33 UTC
2019 Qatar withdraws from OPEC
2019 Same-sex marriage is recorded as becoming legal in Austria.
2020 Jakarta floods in Indonesia killing 66 people.
2020 The Australian bushfires of 2019, or "Black Summer", that have killed as many as 500 million animals so far continues into the new year as the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) are deployed to New South Wales to assist mass evacuation efforts
2021 The African Continental Free Trade Area comes into effect.
2023 Avenger's actor Jeremy Renner is accidentally run over by a snowplow, breaking more than 30 bones in his body near Reno, Nevada [1].
2023 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as the 39th President of Brazil, his third term in office
2023 In this year, Croatia formally adopts the euro and joins the Schengen Area, becoming the 20th member state of the Eurozone and the 27th member of the Schengen Area. This is the inaugural enlargement of the Eurozone since Lithuania's entry in 2015, and the inaugural enlargement of the Schengen Area since Liechtenstein's entry in 2011
2024 Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates become BRICS members
2024 The Republic of Artsakh is formally dissolved as Nagorno-Karabakh was recaptured by Azerbaijan.
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