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Thursday, 05 February 2026
2011 An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. 
2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan killing 15897 people
2012 US soldier results in the deaths of 16 civilians in Afghanistan.
2013 European Union bans the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals.
2014 Refugees from Syria pour into the Kingdom of Jordan
2017 At least 65 killed in landslide at rubbish dump near Addis Ababa, Ethopia.
2018 China's National People's Congress approves removal of term limits for a leader, will allow Xi Jinping presidency for life
2018 Superhero movie "The Black Panther" is recorded as becoming the fifth Marvel movie to earn $1 billion worldwide.
2018 Greek football Super League suspended after PAOK Salonika's president Ivan Savvidis invades pitch with a gun after goal disallowed
2018 China's government approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting Xi Jinping the status of "President for Life". Xi is also the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (paramount leader)
2019 Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, refutes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's statement “Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it.â€.
2020 Coronavirus COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , with 121564 cases worldwide and 4373 deaths.
2020 Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for a criminal sex act and rape in New York
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic
2021 British Prince William says the royal family is “very much not a racist family†in inaugural public comments since interview by brother Harry and wife Meghan.
2024 Catherine, Princess of Wales , apologizes for "confusion" caused by releasing an edited family photo after news agencies issue a "kill" notice over digital manipulation [1]
2024 Haitian acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry announces his pending resignation from both offices amid an ongoing crisis marked by gang warfare in the country.
2025 Bulgaria's government steps down following weeks of mass protests against its economic policies and corruption [1]
2025 The former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is arrested in the Philippines after being served an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity
2025 Balochistan Liberation Army militants blow up railway tracks and hijack the Jaffar Express train bound from Quetta to Peshawar, taking 450 people hostages including both security personnel and civilians
2025 2025 Greenlandic general election: The center-right Democrats become the largest party, defeating the incumbent Inuit Ataqatigiit
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