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4/6/09
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A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 308.
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6/1/09
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Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board.
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6/25/09
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Death of Michael Jackson triggers worldwide grief and internet traffic surge.
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6/28/09
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Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is ousted in a coup.
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7/26/09
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Boko Haram initiates an uprising in Nigeria.
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9/29/09
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An 8.1 Mw earthquake strikes Samoa, leaving at least 192 dead.
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9/30/09
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A 7.6 Mw earthquake strikes Sumatra, Indonesia, leaving at least 1,115 dead.
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11/23/09
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58 people are killed in the Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines.
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12/25/09
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A Nigerian terrorist attempts to bomb Northwest Airlines Flight 253.
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1/12/10
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A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince.
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1/19/10
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Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh is assassinated in Dubai.
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2/27/10
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An 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing at least 525.
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3/26/10
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The ROKS Cheonan, a South Korean Navy ship, sinks off the country's west coast, killing 46.
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4/5/10
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Julian Assange leaks footage of a 2007 airstrike in Iraq titled 'Collateral Murder' on WikiLeaks.
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4/10/10
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The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes near Smolensk, Russia.
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4/20/10
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The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, causing a massive oil spill.
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5/6/10
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The 2010 Flash Crash, a trillion-dollar stock market crash, occurs over 36 minutes.
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7/25/10
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WikiLeaks leaks over 90,000 internal reports about the United States-led involvement in the War in Afghanistan.
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9/4/10
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A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Christchurch, New Zealand, causing significant damage.
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10/25/10
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An earthquake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, kills over 400 people.
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11/28/10
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WikiLeaks releases a collection of more than 250,000 American diplomatic cables.
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1/4/11
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Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi dies after setting himself on fire, sparking the Arab Spring protests.
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1/14/11
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The Tunisian government falls; President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia.
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3/11/11
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A 9.1-magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, causing significant casualties and nuclear emergencies.
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3/17/11
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The UN Security Council votes to create a no-fly zone over Libya.
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5/2/11
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U.S. Navy SEALs kill al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
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7/22/11
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Anders Behring Breivik kills 77 people in Norway in a bomb blast and massacre.
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10/20/11
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is killed in Sirte, ending the war.
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12/17/11
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies, succeeded by his son Kim Jong Un.
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1/13/12
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Costa Concordia cruise ship runs aground off Italy, causing 32 deaths.
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2/1/12
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Port Said Stadium riot in Egypt results in 74 deaths.
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2/6/12
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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes central Philippines, killing 112.
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3/4/12
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Explosions at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, Congo, kill at least 250.
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3/12/12
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Coach crash in Switzerland kills 28, including 22 children.
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4/11/12
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8.6 earthquake strikes Indonesia, triggering a small tsunami.
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4/13/12
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North Korean satellite explodes shortly after launch.
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4/20/12
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Bhoja Air Flight 213 crashes in Pakistan, killing all 127 on board.
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5/2/12
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The Scream painting sells for $120 million, setting a new auction record.
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5/19/12
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Chelsea wins the UEFA Champions League.
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6/3/12
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Dana Air Flight 0992 crashes in Nigeria, killing 153 on board and 6 on the ground.
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6/24/12
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Lonesome George, last Pinta Island tortoise, dies.
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7/4/12
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CERN announces discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson.
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7/20/12
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Aurora, Colorado shooting kills 12 and injures 58.
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7/30/12
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India experiences the worst power outage in history, affecting 620 million people.
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9/11/12
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US diplomatic missions attacked worldwide, US ambassador killed in Libya.
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10/22/12
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Hurricane Sandy causes 233 deaths and $68.7 billion in damage.
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11/6/12
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Barack Obama reelected President of the United States.
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12/14/12
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Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting kills 28 people.
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1/5/13
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A Mw 7.5 earthquake shakes Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
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1/10/13
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At least 130 people are killed and 270 are injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan.
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1/16/13
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Hostage crisis at a natural gas facility in Algeria results in 40 deaths.
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1/27/13
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A nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil, kills an estimated 245 people.
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2/11/13
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Emergency Alert Systems in the U.S. are hijacked with a 'Zombie apocalypse' hoax.
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2/15/13
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A meteor explodes over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring over 1,400 people.
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2/21/13
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American scientists create a living lab-grown ear using a 3D printer.
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3/24/13
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Central African Republic President François Bozizé flees after rebels capture Bangui.
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4/15/13
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Boston Marathon bombing kills 3 and injures 264.
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4/20/13
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A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Sichuan, China, killing 193.
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4/24/13
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The Savar building collapse in Bangladesh kills 1,134 people.
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5/15/13
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Researchers produce human embryonic stem cells by cloning.
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5/20/13
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An EF5 tornado hits Moore, Oklahoma, killing 24.
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5/22/13
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British soldier Lee Rigby is murdered in Woolwich, London.
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6/6/13
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Edward Snowden discloses U.S. government mass surveillance operations.
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6/23/13
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A bus crash in Montenegro kills 19 Romanian tourists.
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7/6/13
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A train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, kills 47.
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8/14/13
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Egyptian security forces raid anti-coup camps, killing 2,696.
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8/21/13
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1,429 are killed in the Ghouta chemical attack in Syria.
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9/21/13
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al-Shabaab militants attack Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 62.
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10/15/13
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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Bohol, Philippines, killing 222.
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10/16/13
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Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes, killing all 49 on board.
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11/21/13
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Euromaidan protests begin in Ukraine.
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11/29/13
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A police helicopter crashes into a pub in Glasgow, Scotland, killing 10.
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1/9/14
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Elk River Chemical Spill in Charleston, West Virginia, leaves 300,000 residents without drinkable water.
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3/1/14
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Kunming attack in China results in 31 deaths and 143 injuries.
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3/8/14
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board.
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4/16/14
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South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes, killing 304 people.
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5/2/14
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WHO identifies the spread of poliomyelitis as a major worldwide health emergency.
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5/5/14
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Boko Haram militants kill approximately 300 people in Nigeria.
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5/20/14
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Jos bombings in Nigeria kill 118 people.
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6/12/14
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Camp Speicher massacre by ISIL in Iraq kills 1,566 Shia Iraqi Air Force cadets.
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7/17/14
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shot down in Ukraine, killing all 298 on board.
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8/3/14
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Sinjar massacre by ISIS results in over 4,000 Yazidi deaths.
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8/9/14
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Shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, triggers riots.
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9/18/14
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Scottish independence referendum results in a vote against independence.
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9/26/14
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43 students abducted in Iguala, Mexico, causing international protests.
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10/24/14
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Alan Eustace sets world record for highest and longest free fall jump.
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12/16/14
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Peshawar school massacre by Pakistani Taliban kills at least 145 people.
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12/28/14
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Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Java Sea, killing all 162 on board.
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1/3/15
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Boko Haram massacres in Baga, Nigeria, and surrounding villages kill more than 2,000 people.
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1/7/15
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Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris by Al-Qaeda gunmen kills 12 people.
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3/24/15
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Germanwings Flight 9525 is deliberately crashed in the French Alps, killing all 150 on board.
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3/25/15
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Saudi-led coalition begins military intervention in Yemen against Houthi forces.
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4/25/15
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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal causes over 9,000 deaths.
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5/7/15
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UK General Election results in the first Conservative majority government in 18 years.
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8/5/15
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Debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is found on Réunion Island.
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9/14/15
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First observation of gravitational waves by LIGO.
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9/28/15
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NASA announces the discovery of liquid water on Mars.
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10/23/15
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Hurricane Patricia becomes the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.
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11/13/15
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ISIL terrorist attacks in Paris result in 130 fatalities.
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11/24/15
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Turkey shoots down a Russian fighter jet on the Turkish-Syrian border.
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