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Date
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Event
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Answer
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Jan 1
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This Portuguese becomes Secretary-General of the UN
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António Guterres
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Jan 1
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A terrorist nightclub shooting happens in this city
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Istanbul
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Jan 7
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He announces the dismissal of 8,400 authorities
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Jan 8
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This musical wins 7 Golden Globes, the first to do so
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La La Land
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Jan 18
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Yahya Jammeh, president of this country, refuses to pass office
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Gambia
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Jan 20
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He officially becomes the 45th President of the United States
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Donald J. Trump
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Jan 26
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They won't pay for the wall
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Mexico
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Jan 26
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Alexander Van der Bellen becomes President of ...
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Austria
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Jan 27
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Executive Order 13769 bans this religious followers of entering into the U.S.
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Muslim
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Feb 5
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This team wins Super Bowl LI after being 3-28 down
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New England Patriots
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Feb 13
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He orders the killing of his half-brother by a chemical attack in Malaysia
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Kim Jong-un
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Mar 10
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This country suspends President Park Geun-hye
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South Korea
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Mar 14
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For the 8th time in a row, this city is the most liveable in the world
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Vienna
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Mar 19
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He succeeds Joachim Gauck as President of Germany
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier
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Mar 29
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The U.K. officially begins negotiating to leave this
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the European Union
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Apr 3
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An explosion happens in a metro of this Russian city
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St. Petersburg
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Apr 7
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A terrorist attack happens in this European capital
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Stockholm
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Apr 11
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The bus of this football team is attacked
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Borussia Dortmund
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Apr 20
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Moscow ranks this Christian denomination as an extremistic organization
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Jehovah's Witnesses
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May 7
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The French can vote for one of these two politicians in the presidential election
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Emmanuel Macron
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May 7
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Marine Le Pen
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May 9
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The President dismiss this FBI director immediately effective
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James Comey
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May 10
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First company to be worth more than $800 billion
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Apple
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May 13
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This country wins the Eurovision Song Contest
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Portugal
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May 17
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He becomes head of the Special Counsel investigation of Russian interference
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Robert Mueller
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May 19
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The people of Iran re-elect this president
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Hassan Rouhani
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May 21
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A terrorist attack happens in Manchester during a concert of this singer
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Ariana Grande
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May 31
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President Trump tweets this unknowable word
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Covfefe
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Jun 1
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President Trump withdraw the USA from this agreement
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Paris Agreement
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Jun 5
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The NATO can welcome its 29th member
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Montenegro
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Jun 5
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The UAE and Egypt isolate this Middle East country leading to a diplomatic crisis
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Qatar
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Jun 11
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The people of this territory vote in favor of becoming the 51st state
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Puerto Rico
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Jun 14
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The Grenfell Tower cauterizes in this city with 70 victims
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London
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Jun 16
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Pres. Trump reinstates travel and business restrictions of this country
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Cuba
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Jun 18
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Russia cuts down the cooperation with the U.S. in Syria after the attack
on this Syrian fighting machine
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Suchoi Su-22
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Jun 30
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With the motto "Ehe für alle", this country legalizes gay marriage
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Germany
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Jul 1
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This country can celebrate its 150th anniversary
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Canada
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Jul 8
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The G20 summit ends with huge riots in this city
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Hamburg
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Jul 9
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This CEO becomes the first owner of a Tesla Model 3
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Elon Musk
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Jul 16
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He becomes the first to win the Wimbledon Championships 8 times
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Roger Federer
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Jul 27
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He displaces Bill Gates as the richest person
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Jeff Bezos
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Aug 3
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This Brazilian signs the world's most expensive football transfer($263m) and joins PSG
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Neymar
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Aug 9
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President Trump threatens to answer this country with "fire and fury"
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North Korea
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Aug 9
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The above country threatens to nuke this U.S. territory
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Guam
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Aug 10
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This legendary sprinter races his last race
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Usain Bolt
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Aug 16
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"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin
or his background or his religion...".
This man tweets the most popular tweet
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Barack Obama
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Aug 23
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An unexpected rainfall happens here, in the world's driest place
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Atacama Desert
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Aug 25
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Myanmar starts to pursue this religious minority
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Rohingya
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Aug 25
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The first Category 4 hurricane this year makes landfall in Rockport, Texas
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Hurricane Harvey
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Sep
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These disasters happen in California due to ongoing droughts
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Brush fires
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Sep 3
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60'000 have to be evacuated due to a disarming of a WWII bomb in this German city
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Frankfurt am Main
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Sep 5
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The Trump administration rescind the policy to protect this type of children
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Dreamers
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Sep 7
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The next Atlantic hurricane devastates Puerto Rico
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Hurricane Irma
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Sep 12
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Apple presents their next iPhone
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iPhone X or iPhone 8
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Sep 13
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IOC session: This city will hold the Summer OIympics 2028
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Los Angeles
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Sep 16
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This well-known Bavarian Volksfest opens his gates for the 184th time
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Oktoberfest
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Sep 19
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As if it wouldn't be enough, the next major hurricane devastates Dominica
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Hurricane Maria
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Sep 25
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This people group vote for a secession from Iraq
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the Kurds
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Sep 26
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This country allows women to drive - the last country in the world to do so
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Saudi Arabia
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Oct
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This American film producer is accused of sexual harassment
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Harvey Weinstein
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Oct
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This hashtag becomes famous because of ^
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#MeToo
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Oct 1
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This Spanish region holds a referendum (technically illegal).
The Spanish government overreacts and injures more than 700 people
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Catalonia
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Oct 1
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The two opponents: Prime Minister of Spain
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Mariano Rajoy
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Oct 1
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The two opponents: President of the Generalitat
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Carles Puigdemont
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Oct 1
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A mass shooting occurs during a music festival in this U.S. city
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Las Vegas
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Oct 1
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This former American Football star can leave prison after being arrested for nine years
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O.J. Simpson
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Oct 12
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These two countries declare their withdrawal from the UNESCO
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United States
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Oct 12
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Israel
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Oct 12
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The first Youtube video to be watched 4 billion times
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Despacito
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Oct 17
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This city is finally freed from ISIS
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Raqqa
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Oct 19
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First known interstellar object to pass through the Solar System
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'Oumuamua
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Oct 31
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This ecclesiastical event can celebrate its 500th anniversary
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the Reformation
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Nov 14
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After a coup d'état, the Defence Forces overtake the control in this African country
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Zimbabwe
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Nov 15
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A submarine of this country goes missing after reporting mechanical failure
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Argentina
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Nov 16
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A painting of this painter is sold for $450m, becoming by the most expensive painting
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Nov 19
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After the failure of a "Jamaica-Coalition",
this German party announces its withdrawal from the negotiations
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FDP
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Nov 21
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This African despot resigns voluntary
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Robert Mugabe
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Nov 27
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Britain's Prince Harry announces his engagement with this woman
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Meghan Markle
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Nov 29
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What did Slobodan Praljak do after being guilty?
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Committed suicide by poisoning
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Dec 5
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This country won't be allowed to start under their own flag at the 2018 Olympics
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Russia
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Dec 6
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The U.S. decides to accept this capital, earning the hatred of basically of all other nations
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Jerusalem
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Dec 7
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Russia and Iraq declare the victory over this organization
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ISIS
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Dec 14
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This company buys most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion
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The Walt Disney Company
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Dec 20
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For the first time the EU requests a criminal process against
one of its member states, namely ...
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Poland
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Celebrities who passed away in 2017 (selection)
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Mar 18
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American singer, Johnny B. Goode and Route 66
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Chuck Berry
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Apr 15
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Last living person being born in the 1800s
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Emma Morano
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May 23
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In Live and Let Die, he was the one who said: My name is Bond, James Bond
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Roger Moore
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May 29
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Panamanian dictator, 1983-1989
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Manuel Noriega
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Jun 9
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He was Batman (in the TV series)
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Adam West
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Jun 16
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German statesman and Chancellor, known as "a great European leader"
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Helmut Kohl
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Jul 20
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Lead singer of Linkin Park
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Chester Bennington
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Aug 20
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"King of Comedy"
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Jerry Lewis
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Sep 27
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Founder of Playboy
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Hugh Hefner
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Nov 19
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American criminal and cult leader
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Charles Manson
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(1) https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/17/the-worlds-top-10-most-livable-cities.html
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(2) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-16/melbourne-named-worlds-most-liveable-city-for-seventh-year/8812196
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(3) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/16/melbourne-worlds-most-liveable-city-for-seventh-year-running