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===1901–present=== *[[1911]] – An accidental bomb explosion triggers the [[Wuchang Uprising]] against the [[Qing dynasty]], beginning the [[1911 Revolution|Xinhai Revolution]]. *[[1913]] – The steamship {{SS|Volturno|1906|6}} catches fire in the mid-Atlantic. *[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Siege of Antwerp (1914)|Siege of Antwerp]] comes to an end. *[[1918]] – The [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish Parliament]] offers to [[Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse]] the throne of a short-lived [[Kingdom of Finland (1918)|Kingdom of Finland]]. *[[1919]] – The [[Cincinnati Reds]] win the [[1919 World Series|World Series]], resulting in the [[Black Sox Scandal]]. *[[1934]] – An [[Ustashe]] assassin kills King [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]] and [[Louis Barthou]], Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille. *[[1936]] – Boulder Dam (later [[Hoover Dam]]) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to [[Los Angeles]]. *[[1937]] – [[Zhengding Missionary Murder|Murder of 9 Catholic priests]] in [[Zhengding Town|Zhengding]], China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army. *[[1941]] – A coup in [[Panama]] declares [[Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango]] the new president. *[[1942]] – Australia's [[Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942]] receives royal assent. *[[1950]] – The [[Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre]] in Korea begins. *[[1962]] – [[Uganda]] becomes an independent [[Commonwealth realm]]. *[[1963]] – In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the [[Vajont Dam]], killing over 2,000. *[[1966]] – [[Vietnam War]]: the [[Republic of Korea Army]] commits the [[Binh Tai Massacre]]. *[[1967]] – A day after his capture, [[Ernesto "Che" Guevara]] is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. *[[1969]] – In [[Chicago]], the [[National Guard (United States)|National Guard]] is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "[[Chicago Eight]]". *[[1970]] – The [[Khmer Republic]] is proclaimed in Cambodia. *[[1980]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] greets the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] during a private audience in Vatican City. *[[1981]] – President [[François Mitterrand]] abolishes [[capital punishment in France]]. *[[1983]] – South Korean President [[Chun Doo-hwan]] survives an [[Rangoon bombing|assassination attempt]] in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others. *[[1984]] – The popular children's television show ''[[Thomas & Friends|Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends]]'', based on ''[[The Railway Series]]'' by [[Wilbert Awdry|the Reverend Wilbert Awdry]], premieres on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The TV Series|url=https://www.sodor-island.com/the-tv-series|website=Sodor Island Fansite|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> *[[1986]] – ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', eventually the second longest running musical in [[London]], opens at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]]. * 1986 – [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] (FBC) launches as the [[Fourth television network|fourth US television network]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Fox's Barry Diller Gambles on a Fourth TV Network|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/05/arts/fox-s-barry-diller-gambles-on-a-fourth-tv-network.html|access-date= 2021-10-05|work= [[New York Times]]|date=5 October 1986 |language=en|last1=Harmetz |first1=Aljean }}</ref> *[[1992]] – The [[Peekskill meteorite]], a {{convert|27.7|lb}} [[meteorite]] crashed into a parked car in [[Peekskill, New York]] *[[1995]] – An [[Amtrak]] [[Sunset Limited]] train is [[1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment|derailed]] by saboteurs near [[Palo Verde, Arizona]]. *[[2006]] – North Korea conducts its [[2006 North Korean nuclear test|first nuclear test]]. *[[2007]] – The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the [[2008 financial crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=George W. Bush - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/george-w-bush/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref> *[[2009]] – First lunar impact of NASA's [[Lunar Precursor Robotic Program]]. *[[2012]] – Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl [[Malala Yousafzai]]. *[[2016]] – The [[Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army]] launches its [[Northern Rakhine State clashes#2016|first attack]] on [[Myanmar]] security forces along the [[Bangladesh–Myanmar border]]. *[[2019]] – Turkey begins its [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria|military offensive]] in north-eastern Syria. *[[2024]] – [[Hurricane Milton]] makes landfall in [[Siesta Key]], [[Florida]], as a [[Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale#Category 3|Category 3 hurricane]], causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after [[Hurricane Helene]] impacted the state.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NCEI.Monitoring.Info@noaa.gov |title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/events |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=www.ncei.noaa.gov |language=en}}</ref>
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