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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.
1975 – Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China. 1976 – In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000. 1977 – A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
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 ...
This is a timeline of country and capital changes around the world since 2000. It includes dates of declarations of independence, changes in country name, changes of capital city or name, and changes in territory such as the annexation, cession, concession, occupation, or secession of land.
Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [2] and released to the public in January 2007. [3] Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards , matching games , practice electronic assessments , and live quizzes.
July 26, 2019 – The Supreme Court rules in a 5–4 vote to give President Trump $2.5 billion to fund the Mexico–United States border wall. A makeshift memorial dedicated to the victims of the 2019 El Paso shooting. August 3, 2019 – 23 people are killed and another 23 are injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.