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2023

Xi Jinping has been handed an unprecedented third term as president, capping an ascent in which he has become China’s most powerful leader in generations. In a carefully choreographed ceremony in Beijing, Xi held up his right fist and placed his left hand on a red leather copy of China’s constitution.

2021

China and Russia agree to build a research station on or around the Moon and collaborate on lunar missions.

2020

Italy announces it is locking down the whole country due to a spike in COVID-19 cases with 10,040 cases and 630 deaths.

1993

Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak

1988

Aftermath Entertainment signs then unknown rapper Eminem.

1987

U2 release their fifth album “The Joshua Tree” (Grammy for Best Album 1988).

1977

Terry Fox 1958-1981 loses right leg above the knee to cancer; fitted with artificial leg; learns to walk, drive a car, play golf.

1964

Production began on the first Ford Mustang.

1959

Mattel introduced Barbie at the annual Toy Fair in New York.

1935

Adolf Hitler publicly announces the creation of a new air force, the Luftwaffe.

1908

Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from the Milan Cricket and Football Club.

1842

The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.

1497

Nicolaus Copernicus’ 1st recorded astronomical observation.

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