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1995 Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House. 
1995 US approves inaugural chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck and Co
1996 Mike Tyson beat Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title.
1996 Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup
1997 CNN begins Spanish broadcasts
1998 USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for inaugural Olympics Gold medal
2001 AUSTRALIA has its inaugural woman police chief, with Christine Nixon today appointed Victoria's new police commissioner
2006 The United States strikes its two remaining Iowa-class battleships from the Naval Vessel Register, ending the age of the battleship
2007 Chlorine bombs injure hundreds in Baghdad, Iraq.
2011 Arab Spring and the 2011 Libyan civil war: The United Nations Security Council votes 10-0 to create a no-fly zone over Libya in response to allegations of government aggression against civilians.
2012 Bolton Wanderer footballer Fabrice Muamba collapses and is rushed to hospital during a live football match against Tottenham Hotspur.
2013 10 people are killed by a car bombing in Basra, Iraq
2014 The Republic of Crimea is declared.
2017 Live-action remake "Beauty and the Beast" directed by Bill Condon and starring Emma Watson opens.
2018 Ireland beats England, 24-15 at Twickenham to wrap up Six Nations Rugby Championship; 3rd Grand Slam and 11th Triple Crown
2018 China's National People's Congress appoints Wang Qishan as vice-president.
2018 Africa's only female head of state, Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim confirms she is resigning amid an expenses scandal.
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] European leaders close the EU's external and Schengen borders for at least 30 days in an effort to curb the COVID-19 pandemic
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The Euro 2020 and 2020 Copa América association football tournaments are postponed until the summer of 2021 by UEFA and CONMEBOL respectively.
2021 The Dutch general elections for the House of Representatives of the Netherlands take place.
2023 The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights, marking the inaugural arrest warrant against a leader of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
2024 In this year, After suppressing and murdering opponents, President Vladimir Putin claims a post-Soviet record election victory, with 87.8% of the vote. The six year term will make him Russia's longest-serving leader in over 200 years. [1].
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