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Year
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Event
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Answer
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2019
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This company enters the video game market with its console, the ______ Stadia.
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Google
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2019
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This well-known sex trafficker commits suicide in prison. Or was he murdered?
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Jeffrey Epstein
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2019
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The Amazon rainforest experiences many of these.
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Wildfires
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2019
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This man is elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Boris Johnson
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2019
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An arson attack takes place at an animation studio in this Japanese city.
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Kyoto
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2019
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This massive superhero movie becomes the highest-grossing movie of all time.
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Avengers: Endgame
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2019
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This country-influenced hip-hop song breaks the record for most weeks at #1 in the United States.
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Old Town Road
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2019
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This well-known cathedral in Paris catches fire.
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Notre-Dame
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2019
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The United States engages in a trade war with this country.
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China
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2019
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The capital of Kazakhstan is renamed to this, named after its former president.
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Nur-Sultan
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2018
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Canada becomes the second country in the world to legalize this drug.
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Marijuana
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2018
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This company becomes the first to achieve a market capitalization of $1 trillion.
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Apple
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2018
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A youth soccer team is rescued from a flooding cave in this country.
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Thailand
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2018
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This country legally allows women to drive.
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Saudi Arabia
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2018
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The FIFA World Cup, won by France, is held in this country.
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Russia
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2018
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The first summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea is held here.
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Singapore
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2018
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Former actress Meghan Markle marries this member of the British royal family.
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Prince Harry
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2018
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The United States withdraws from a nuclear deal with this country.
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Iran
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2018
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Over 900 cities worldwide participate in these demonstrations against gun violence and mass shootings.
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March for Our Lives
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2018
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The Winter Olympics are held in this country.
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South Korea
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2017
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This powerful Hollywood producer is accused of multiple sexual harassment allegations.
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Harvey Weinstein
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2017
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Most of 21st Century Fox is acquired by this media conglomerate.
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The Walt Disney Company
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2017
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The United States officially recognizes the capital of Israel to be this.
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Jerusalem
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2017
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This rare event was witnessed across the entire contiguous United States.
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Total solar eclipse
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2017
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A white supremacist rally occurs in this US city, resulting in riots and the death of one woman.
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Charlottesville
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2017
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Jeff Bezos, CEO of this company, reaches a net worth of over $100 billion.
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Amazon
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2017
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A terrorist bombing attack occurs in Manchester at a concert by this artist.
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Ariana Grande
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2017
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This former FBI director takes over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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Robert Mueller
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2017
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The music video for this song, meaning "slowly" in English, becomes the most-viewed video of all time on YouTube.
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Despacito
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2017
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This dictator's half-brother is assassinated in Malaysia.
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Kim Jong-un
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2016
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United States troops withdraw from this country after 15 years.
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Afghanistan
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2016
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This reality TV star and businessman is elected president of the United States.
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Donald Trump
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2016
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For the first time since 1908, this MLB team wins the World Series.
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Chicago Cubs
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2016
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Two of this artist's paintings, worth $100 million, are recovered after having been stolen.
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Vincent van Gogh
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2016
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The Summer Olympics are held for the first time on this continent.
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South America
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2016
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This mobile game breaks numerous records in terms of sales and revenue.
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Pokémon Go
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2016
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The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave this economic union.
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European Union
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2016
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A gunman claiming allegiance to ISIL opens fire at a gay nightclub in this city.
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Orlando
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2016
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This western lowland gorilla is shot and killed after a boy falls into his enclosure.
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Harambe
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2016
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The World Health Organization announces an outbreak of this virus.
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Zika
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2015
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A Russian fighter jet is shot down by this country.
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Turkey
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2015
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Multiple terrorist attacks claimed by ISIL result in 130 deaths in this city.
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Paris
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2015
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NASA announces that liquid water has been found on this planet.
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Mars
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2015
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A stampede during this Muslim pilgrimage kills at least 2,200 people and injures more than 900.
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Hajj
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2015
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This automaker is accused of intentionally rigging diesel emissions tests.
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Volkswagen
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2015
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This man is elected Prime Minister of Australia.
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Malcolm Turnbull
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2015
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The United States reestablishes full diplomatic relations with this communist country.
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Cuba
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2015
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This American comedian is accused of drugging and raping several women.
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Bill Cosby
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2015
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The US Supreme Court legalizes this all throughout the country.
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Same-sex marriage
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2015
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Two terrorists attack the headquarters of this French satirical newspaper.
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Charlie Hebdo
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2014
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In a referendum, this country votes against independence from the United Kingdom.
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Scotland
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2014
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Protests in this Missouri city occur after the shooting of Michael Brown.
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Ferguson
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2014
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An aircraft from this airline is shot down by a missile and crashes in Ukraine.
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Malaysia Airlines
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2014
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A viral campaign to donate money for ALS awareness involves this challenge.
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Ice-bucket challenge
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2014
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The FIFA World Cup is held in Brazil and is won by this country.
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Germany
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2014
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This Sunni militant group begins to capture territory in Iraq and Syria.
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ISIL
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2014
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An estimated 276 girls are abducted and held hostage from a school in this African country.
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Nigeria
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2014
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Russia formally annexes this peninsula from Ukraine.
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Crimea
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2014
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The Winter Olympics are held in this Russian city.
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Sochi
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2014
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An outbreak of this virus begins to spread in West Africa.
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Ebola
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2013
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This former South African president and Nobel laureate passes away.
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Nelson Mandela
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2013
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This long-running British science fiction TV show celebrates its 50th anniversary.
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Doctor Who
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2013
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This well-anticipated video game console debuts a week before its main competitor, the Xbox One.
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PlayStation 4
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2013
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This US city, once one of the most populous in the country, officially files for bankruptcy.
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Detroit
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2013
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Former CIA employee discloses classified documents about the NSA to the public.
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Edward Snowden
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2013
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A tornado in this US state becomes the widest tornado ever recorded on Earth.
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Oklahoma
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2013
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This man is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands.
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Willem-Alexander
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2013
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Two brothers explode two bombs during an annual marathon in this city.
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Boston
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2013
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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected Pope and takes this name.
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Pope Francis
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2013
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This powerful object explodes over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk.
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Meteor
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2012
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A doomsday phenomenon popularized by this ancient civilization turns out to be incorrect.
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Mayan
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2012
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A mass shooting occurs in this elementary school in Connecticut.
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Sandy Hook
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2012
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Barack Obama defeats this Republican candidate in the US presidential election.
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Mitt Romney
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2012
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This viral Korean music video becomes the first to surpass 1 billion views on YouTube.
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Gangnam Style
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2012
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This country experiences the worst power outage in history, leaving over 620 million people without power.
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India
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2012
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The Summer Olympics are held in this city.
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London
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2012
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Colorado man commits a mass shooting in a theater during the showing of this film.
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The Dark Knight Rises
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2012
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This man is re-elected as President of Russia.
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Vladimir Putin
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2012
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Facebook purchases this social networking website for $1 billion.
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Instagram
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2012
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This royal monarch celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, her 60th anniversary of her ascension to the throne.
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Queen Elizabeth II
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2011
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This Libyan leader is killed in the city of Sirte, effectively ending the Libyan Civil War.
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Muammar Gaddafi
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2011
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This virtual assistant is officially launched in Apple's operating systems.
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Siri
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2011
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What happened to Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Taylor, Amy Winehouse, and Randy Savage?
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They died
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2011
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This movement protesting economic inequality begins in the United States.
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Occupy Wall Street
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2011
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This African country secedes from its northern counterpart.
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South Sudan
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2011
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President Obama announces the death of this founder of the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
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Osama bin Laden
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2011
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An estimated two billion people watch Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, marry this woman.
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Kate Middleton
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2011
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A 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami occurs in this East Asian country.
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Japan
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2011
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Civil war begins to break out in this Middle Eastern country.
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Syria
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2011
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This uprising occurs in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, effectively overthrowing the governments of each country.
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Arab Spring
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2010
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Chile, Slovenia, Israel, and Estonia all join this intergovernmental organization.
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OECD
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2010
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This online publisher leaks over 90,000 internal reports about the US involvement in Afghanistan to the public.
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WikiLeaks
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2010
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This popular sporting event is held in South Africa and won by Spain.
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FIFA World Cup
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2010
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This leader of the Conservative Party becomes Prime Minister in the UK.
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David Cameron
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2010
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A drilling oil platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico on this ship.
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Deepwater Horizon
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2010
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Volcanic ash from a volcano in this country begins to distrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.
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Iceland
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2010
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Apple releases the first of these new tablet devices.
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iPad
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2010
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This US health care bill is signed into law.
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Obamacare
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2010
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An 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in this country. With over 316,000 killed, it is the tenth deadliest earthquake on record.
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Haiti
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2010
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This building, the tallest in the world, officially opens.
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Burj Khalifa
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