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1962 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1962nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 962nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1960s decade.
The Washington Star published its final edition, with the headline "128 Years of Service Ending", and a letter from President Reagan noting, "There is a great silence today in Washington." The last masthead noted "129th year, No. 219" and the paper sold 640,000 copies, double its normal circulation and the largest run in the paper's history. [30]
1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.
Nov. 25, 2008: News that an additional $800 billion in federal funds is available to increase financial-system liquidity fails to offset news of a 0.5% GDP decline. The Dow closes at 8,479.47, up ...
The table starts counting approximately 10,000 years before present, or around 8,000 BC, during the middle Greenlandian, about 1,700 years after the end of the Younger Dryas and 1,800 years before the 8.2-kiloyear event. From the beginning of the early modern period until the 20th century, world population has been characterized by a rapid growth.
Year(s) Event(s) Start End c. 2,588,000 BC c. 12,000 BC Pleistocene era c. 21,000 BC: Recent evidence indicates that humans processed (gathered) and consumed wild cereal grains as far back as 23,000 years ago. [1] c. 20,000 BC: Antarctica sees a very rapid and abrupt 6 °C increase in temperatures [2] c. 19,000 BC: Last Glacial Maximum/sea ...
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States ( National Science Foundation Network ) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol ...
The case made headlines due to extensive public appeals and searches for Teo, and became one of Singapore's high-profile missing person cases. [1] 13 years later, in 2020, the police investigations made a breakthrough and the case of Teo's disappearance was re-classified as murder. One of Teo's two friends, Ahmad Danial bin Mohamed Rafa'ee, who ...