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January 4 and January 24: Spirit and Opportunity land on Mars
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London bombings of 2005
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"the Great American Strike"), also called the Day Without an Immigrant (Spanish: Día sin immigrant), was a one-day boycott of United States schools and businesses by immigrants in the United States (mostly Latin American) which took place on May 1, 2006.
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Riots broke out in Xinjiang in July and September.
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White phosphorus shelling by Israel during the Gaza War
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On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastates Haiti, killing more than 230,000 and destroying the nation's infrastructure.
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Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion was the worst marine oil spill in history.
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Harry Potter ends After selling 450 million books, raking in $6 billion at the box office, and becoming an inextricable part of an entire generation's childhood, one of most popular franchises in history came to an end when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 hit theaters in July.
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Apr 1 After protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob attacked a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and killed thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
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77th Sugar Bowl: #6 Ohio State beats #8 Arkansas, 31-26
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60 people are killed and 200 are injured after a stampede following New Year celebrations
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10 people are killed and 120 are injured in a stampede in Luanda, Angola
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New Zealand cricket batsman Corey Anderson smashes a record century off just 36 balls in the Black Caps' 159 run ODI win over the West Indies in Queenstown; finishes on 131 not out off 47 balls
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30 people are killed after a bus plunges off a cliff and falls 400 ft in Malshej Ghat, India
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Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
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101st Rose Bowl: #2 Oregon beats #3 Florida State, 59-20 (National Championship Playoff Semi-Final)
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After floods along the Mississippi River kill 31, Exxon Mobil Corp decides to close a plant in flood threatened Memphis
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Saudi Arabia executes 47 alleged terrorists, including Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
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US House Republicans vote to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, a public uproar forces them to back down the next day
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Bus crash in Pasamayo, Peru, kills 51 on notorious "Devil's Curve" road