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Politics China calls on Myanmar to protect interests of Chinese companies after President Thein Sein halted the controversial Chinese-backed Myitsone Dam project. (Reuters) (Spokesperson's remarks) October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02) (Sunday) edit history watch In horseracing, Danedream wins the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with speed record 2:24.49, becoming the second German horse winner since 1975 ...
October 1 is the 274th day of the year ... 91 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600 ... Grady Chapman, American singer (d. 2011) 1929 ...
September 5 – India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute. [66] September 9–October 23 – The 2011 Rugby World Cup is held in and won by New Zealand. September 10 – The MV Spice Islander I, carrying at least 800 people, sinks off the coast of Zanzibar, killing 240 people. [67]
Microsoft Excel displays the day before January 1, 1900 (the earliest date it can represent) as January 0, 1900. [17] It also treats 1900 incorrectly as a leap year (whereas only centuries divisible by 400 are), so it displays the day before March 1, 1900 as the non-existent February 29 instead of February 28. This means March 1, 1900 is the ...
It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December. 2000 : America Online merges with Time Warner. While the "marriage" didn't last, it was biggest corporate merger in history at the time.
1 October 1975: Separation of Gilbert Islands (later Kiribati) and Ellice Islands (later Tuvalu) 1 October 1978: Independence from United Kingdom 7 February 1979: Treaty with United States recognizing Tuvaluan control over Funafuti, Nukufetau, Nukulaelae, and Niulakita atolls Vanuatu: 30 July 1980: Independence from joint British-French ...
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On October 1, 2011, a large group of protesters set out to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge resulting in 768 arrests, the largest number of arrests in one day at any Occupy event. [ 121 ] [ 122 ] [ 2 ] By October 2, all but 20 of the arrestees had been released with citations for disorderly conduct and a criminal court summons. [ 123 ]