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These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
1660 – The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.; 1891 – Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
April 20: SpaceX conducts the first full stack test launch of the world's most powerful rocket, Starship. May 5: World Health Organization ends the designation of COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern. May 6: Charles III is crowned king of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms. May 17: 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis.
It was a major ally during World War II, a main participant in the Cold War, and it grew in power to become one of the world's two superpowers (the other being the United States). The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. History, by subject (see also, timelines) History, by field. History of art History of painting; History of business
Image credits: HippoSame8477 #4. The atrocities carried out by the Imperial Army before and during WW2. Truly horrific, inhumane s**t. Yes, Americans, the Russians, and the British did some ...
2011 – An Antonov An-148 crashes in Russia's Alexeyevsky District, Belgorod Oblast during a test flight, killing all seven aboard. [18] 2012 – Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through Madagascar. [19] 2012 – Two people are killed and six more are injured in a shooting at a hair Salon in Bucharest, Romania. [20]
In this figure, the globally averaged warming corresponds to 3.0 °C (5.4 °F). The world was undergoing its second major period of globalization; the first, which started in the 19th century, having been terminated by World War I. [257] Since the US was in a position of almost unchallenged domination, a major part of the process was ...
The All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the world's largest trade union organisation, is founded in Guangzhou, Republic of China. May 5 – The General Election Law is passed in Japan, extending suffrage to all males aged 25 and over. [4] May 8 – African American Tom Lee rescues 32 people from the sinking steamboat M.E. Norman on the ...