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2018  In this year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui claims to have made the inaugural genetically edited baby   

2018  Australian surfer Stephanie Gilmore is handed her record equalling 7th world title as American contender Lakey Peterson is a shock 2nd round elimination at the season-ending Maui Pro in Hawaii   

2018  General Motors announces it will close five factories in North America, cutting 14000 jobs.   

2018  inaugural multidrug randomized control trial to treat Ebola started in Democratic Republic of Congo announced by the WHO   

2018  DC superhero film "Aquaman" directed by James Wan starring Jason Momoa and Amber Heard premieres in London.   

2018  NASA's InSight probe successfully lands on the surface of Mars   

2019  Albania earthquake: 51 people are killed and around 2000 others injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Albania. The earthquake was the strongest to hit Albania in more than 40 years, and ​is currently the world's deadliest earthquake in 2019   

2019  Chilean protests: Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International issue reports on Chile's situation denouncing grave human rights violations, including excesive violence use and detention abuses by police forces. Among police brutality acts there are records of police agents firing non-lethal ammunition to protesters' faces against provider's regulations, resulting in more than 200 people with severe eye trauma and more than 50 requiring prosthetic eyes.   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization convenes an emergency meeting in Geneva amid concerns over Omicron, a highly mutated variant of COVID-19 inaugural identified in South Africa that appears more infectious than Delta.   

2024  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that a ceasefire deal has been agreed to end fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon   

2025  A massive fire engulfs the Wang Fuk Court apartment block in Hong Kong, killing at least 161.   

2025  Cyclone Senyar leads to at least 1390 deaths and leaves 186 missing in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.   

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1288  Emperor go-daigo of japan: Emperor go-daigo of japan (d. 1339)   

1436  Princess catherine of portugal: Writer   

1607  John harvard: England, clergyman/scholar, founded harvard univ   

1609  Henry dunster: English president of harvard college   

1640  Carl rosier: Composer   

1653  Andreas anton schmelzer: Composer   

1657  William derham: English minister and writer   

1663  Pedro de peralta y barnuevo: Peruvian poet (obras dramaticas)   

0399  Siricius: Italian pope (384-99),   

0666  Yeon gaesomun dictator of goguryeo: Yeon gaesomun dictator of goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)   

1126  Al-borsoki: Emir of aleppo-mosoel, assassinated   

1240  Edmund van abingdon: Archbishop of canterbury/saint,   

1252  Blanche of castile: Queen of louis viii of france (b. 1188)   

1267  Gozzolini silvester: Italian hermit/saint,   

1326  Hugh the younger despenser: English knight (b. 1286)   

1504  Queen isabella i of castile: Queen isabella i of castile (b. 1451)