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===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – A 13–6 victory by the [[Massillon Tigers]] over their rivals, the [[Canton Bulldogs]], for the "[[Ohio League]]" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was [[Match fixing|fixed]] and results in [[Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal|the first major scandal]] in professional [[American football]]. *[[1917]] – In [[Milwaukee]], nine members of the [[Milwaukee Police Department]] are [[Milwaukee Police Department bombing|killed by a bomb]], the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the [[September 11 attacks]] in [[2001]]. *[[1922]] – Nine [[Irish Republican Army]] members are [[Executions during the Irish Civil War#The first executions and reprisals|executed]] by an [[Irish Free State]] firing squad. Among them is author [[Erskine Childers (author)|Erskine Childers]], who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver. *[[1929]] – The Finnish far-right [[Lapua Movement]] officially begins when a group of mainly the former [[White Guard (Finland)|White Guard]] members, led by [[Vihtori Kosola]], interrupted [[communism]] occasion at the Workers' House in [[Lapua, Finland]].<ref>(Niinistö, Jussi, Suomalaisia vapaustaistelijoita / Finnish Freedom Fighters, NIMOX KY/Ltd., 2003, pp. 17–20; Siltala, Juha, Lapuan liike ja kyyditykset, Otava, 1985, pp. 51–53; Virkkunen, Sakari, Suomen presidentit I / Finland's Presidents I, Otava, 1994, pp. 192–193; Salokangas, Raimo, "Itsenäinen tasavalta" / "An Independent Republic," p. 635 in Zetterberg, Seppo et al., eds., Suomen historian pikkujättiläinen / A Small Giant of the Finnish History, WSOY, 2003).</ref> *[[1932]] – In Washington, D.C., the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the [[FBI Crime Lab]]) officially opens. *[[1935]] – The [[Senegalese Socialist Party]] holds its second congress. *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Slovak Republic (1939–45)|First Slovak Republic]] becomes a signatory to the [[Tripartite Pact]], officially joining the [[Axis powers#Slovakia (Tiso regime)|Axis powers]]. *[[1941]] – World War II: The United States grants [[Lend-Lease]] to the [[Free French Forces]]. *[[1943]] – World War II: At the [[battle of Makin]] the {{USS|Liscome Bay|CVE-56|6}} is torpedoed near [[Tarawa]] and sinks, killing 650 men. *[[1944]] – World War II: The [[73rd Air Division|73rd Bombardment Wing]] launches the first [[Bombing of Tokyo|attack on Tokyo]] from the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]. *[[1962]] – [[Cold War]]: The [[West Berlin]] branch of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] forms a separate party, the [[Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin]]. * 1962 – The influential British satirical television programme ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'' is first broadcast. *[[1963]] – [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], the assassin of President [[John F. Kennedy]], is killed by [[Jack Ruby]] on live television. [[Robert H. Jackson (photographer)|Robert H. Jackson]] takes a photograph of the shooting that will win the [[1964 Pulitzer Prize]] in [[Pulitzer Prize for Photography|Photography]]. *[[1965]] – [[Mobutu Sese Seko|Joseph-Désiré Mobutu]] seizes power in the [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and becomes [[List of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|President]]; he rules the country (which he renames [[Zaire]] in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997. *[[1966]] – Bulgarian [[TABSO Flight 101]] crashes near [[Bratislava]], [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]], killing all 82 people on board. *[[1969]] – [[Apollo program]]: The [[Apollo 12]] command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second crewed mission to land on the Moon. *[[1971]] – During a severe thunderstorm over [[Washington (state)|Washington]] state, a [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacker]] calling himself Dan Cooper (aka [[D. B. Cooper]]) parachutes from a [[Northwest Airlines|Northwest Orient Airlines]] plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found. *[[1973]] – A national speed limit is imposed on the [[Autobahn]] in Germany because of the [[1973 oil crisis]]. The speed limit lasts only four months. *[[1974]] – [[Donald Johanson]] and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete ''[[Australopithecus afarensis]]'' skeleton, nicknamed "[[Lucy (Australopithecus)|Lucy]]" (after [[The Beatles]] song "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]"), in the [[Awash River|Awash Valley]] of [[Ethiopia]]'s [[Afar Triangle|Afar Depression]]. *[[1976]] – The [[1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake|Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake]] in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people. *[[1989]] – After a week of mass protests against the Communist regime known as the [[Velvet Revolution]], [[Miloš Jakeš]] and the entire Politburo of the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak Communist Party]] resign from office. This brings an effective end to [[History of Czechoslovakia (1948–1989)|Communist rule in Czechoslovakia]].<ref>[http://www.totalita.cz/1989/1989_1124.php] (''in Czech'')</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|''Atlantis'']] launches on [[STS-44]].<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-44 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-44.htm |access-date=February 26, 2014 |website=Spacefacts}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[China Southern Airlines Flight 3943]] crashes on approach to [[Guilin Qifengling Airport]] in [[Guilin]], China, killing all 141 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19921124-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-3Y0 B-2523 Guilin Airport (KWL)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Crossair Flight 3597]] crashes in [[Bassersdorf]] near [[Zurich Airport]], killing 24 people, including singer [[Melanie Thornton]] and two members of the German band [[Passion Fruit (group)|Passion Fruit]].<ref name="NZZ">{{cite news |date=27 November 2001 |title=Liste der tödlich Verunglückten |trans-title=List of fatally injured |url=http://www.nzz.ch/2001/11/27/zh/article7tcs2_1.503442.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115203007/http://www.nzz.ch/2001/11/27/zh/article7tcs2_1.503442.html |archive-date=15 January 2013 |accessdate=11 December 2009 |newspaper=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]] |language=German}}</ref> *[[2009]] – The [[Avdhela Project]], an [[Aromanians|Aromanian]] [[digital library]] and cultural initiative, is founded in [[Bucharest]], Romania.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-6536622-avdhela-ndash-biblioteca-culturii-aromane.htm|title=Avdhela – Biblioteca Culturii Aromâne|first=Ionuț|last=Baiaș|newspaper=[[HotNews]]|date=22 November 2009|language=ro}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[2012 Dhaka garment factory fire|A fire]] at a clothing factory in [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people. *[[2013]] – [[Iran]] signs an interim [[Joint Plan of Action|agreement]] with the [[P5+1|P5+1 countries]], limiting its [[Nuclear program of Iran|nuclear program]] in exchange for reduced [[International sanctions against Iran|sanctions]]. *[[2015]] – A [[Russian Air Force]] [[Sukhoi Su-24]] fighter jet is [[2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown|shot down]] by the [[Turkish Air Force]] over the [[Syria–Turkey border]], killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort. * 2015 – A [[Arish hotel bombing|terrorist attack]] on a hotel in [[Arish|Al-Arish]], Egypt, kills at least seven people and injures 12 others. * 2015 – An [[2015 Tunis bombing|explosion on a bus]] carrying [[Tunisian Presidential Security|Tunisian Presidential Guard]] personnel in Tunisia's capital [[Tunis]] leaves at least 14 people dead. *[[2016]] – The government of [[Colombia]] and the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army]] sign a revised [[Colombian peace process|peace deal]], bringing an end to [[Colombian conflict|the country's more than 50-year-long civil war]]. *[[2017]] – A [[2017 Sinai mosque attack|terrorist attack]] on a Mosque in [[Al-Rawda, North Sinai]], Egypt kills 311 people and injures 128.<ref name="WALSH-nyt">{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Declan |last2=Youssef |first2=Nour |date=24 November 2017 |title=Militants Kill 305 at Sufi Mosque in Egypt's Deadliest Terrorist Attack |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/world/middleeast/mosque-attack-egypt.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref> *[[2022]] – Five days after [[2022 Malaysian general election|the general elections]] which resulted in a [[hung parliament]], [[Leader of the Opposition|opposition leader]] and [[Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia|former deputy prime minister]] [[Anwar Ibrahim]] is officially named as [[Prime Minister of Malaysia|the 10th prime minister of Malaysia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teoh |first=Shannon |date=2022-11-24 |title=Anwar Ibrahim sworn in as Malaysia's 10th prime minister, ending 24-year wait |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/anwar-is-malaysia-s-10th-pm |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=The Straits Times}}</ref> *[[2023]] – ''[[Hibiscus Rising]]'', commemorating [[Death of David Oluwale|David Oluwale]], is unveiled in Leeds.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-24 |title=Leeds: David Oluwale flower sculpture unveiled in city centre |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-67512780 |access-date=2024-07-16 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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