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