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Wednesday, 10 December 2025
2007 On this day in history the Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launched on mission STS-120. 
2010 On October - 23 in preparation for the Seoul summit, finance ministers of the G-20 agree to reform the International Monetary Fund and shift 6% of the voting shares to developing nations and countries with emerging markets.
2011 A magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake jolted eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing 604 people, and damaging about 2,200 buildings on October - 23.
2011 A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands on October - 23.
2012 On this day in history 12 people are killed and 40 are injured in a hospital fire in Tainan, Taiwan
2013 Boston Red Sox defeat St Louis Cardinals in game 1 of the MLB 2013 World Series on October - 23.
2018 On this day in history microplastics found in human stools for the first time by Austrian scientists
2018 World's longest sea-crossing bridge, the Hong Kong Macau Zhuhai bridge at 55km, opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping on this day in history.
2018 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejects Saudi claim journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed accidentally, says it was premeditated murder on October - 23.
2018 On this day in history world's oldest intact shipwreck, ancient Greek vessel 2,400 years old, found at bottom of the Black Sea by archaeologists
2018 On October - 23 european Commission rejects Italy's budget, first country to be rejected
2018 Megyn Kelly is criticized after making comments supporting blackface on her NBC show on October - 23.
2018 The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, the world's longest sea crossing bridge, is opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping on this day in history.
2019 On this day in history all Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in 50 points, setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets go down 127-126 at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves
2019 The bodies of 39 people are found in a truck container in Essex, England. A 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland is arrested on suspicion of murder on this day in history.
2019 Google announces that its 53-qubit "Sycamore" processor has achieved quantum supremacy. IBM disputes the claim on October - 23.
2020 At the end of an 11-year demining process, the Falkland Islands are declared free of land mines, 38 years after the end of the 1982 war on this day in history.
2020 On this day in history israel and Sudan agree to normalise relations, marking the fifth Israel–Arab peace deal.
2021 On this day in history colombia's most wanted drug lord, Dario Antonio Úsuga, whose Gulf Clan controls many smuggling routes into the US and other countries, is captured by Colombia's armed forces.
