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1994 Chunnel linking England and France officially opens 
1994 Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show.
1994 House passes the assault weapons ban.
1994 Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title.
1994 Nelson Mandela and his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa.
1994 Fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67
1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV.
1995 Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to Port throne, dies at 88
1996 Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of President.
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM
1996 Frank Hercules, writer, dies at 85.
1997 Army Staff Sergeant Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape
1997 Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2007 In this year, Manchester United claims the English Premier League
2007 In this year, Panathinaikos BC claims basketball's Euroleague after beating CSKA Moscow 93-91 in Athens Olympic stadium.
2012 Francois Hollande elected President of France
2013 10 people are killed and 26 people are injured after a wave of attacks across Iraq
2014 In this year, Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, releases a 57 minute video boasting about abducting schoolgirls in Nigeria.
2017 Bus crash in Arusha region, Tanzania results in the deaths of 35.
2017 143rd Kentucky Derby: Always Dreaming ridden by John Velasquez claims
2017 84 abducted schoolgirls released in exchange for Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria.
2017 France bans too thin fashion models and makes labeling of digitally enhanced photos mandatory
2019 In its inaugural report since 2005, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that biodiversity loss is "accelerating", with over a million species now threatened with extinction; the decline of the natural living world is "unprecedented" and largely a result of human actions, according to the report.
2019 Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Army launches a major ground offensive against one of the last rebel strongholds in the country.May 8 - A British teenager, Isabelle Holdaway, 17, is reported to be the inaugural patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.
2020 UK is recorded as becoming the inaugural European country to report over 30000 confirmed cases of coronavirus COVID-19 Learn More
2020 Astronomers announce the discovery of the inaugural black hole located in a star system visible to the naked eye.
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] New evidence indicates that an Algerian-born French fishmonger, who had not traveled to China and did not have contact with any Chinese nationals, was treated for pneumonia from an unknown source on December 27, 2019, now identified as COVID-19
2023 The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London.
2024 In this year, Chadian presidential election: Mahamat Déby claims election to a full term as president, succeeding his father Idriss Déby.
2025 In this year, MLS Cup: Inter Miami claims their inaugural championship with 3-1 win over Vancouver Whitecaps at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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