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February 22, 2019 – Singer R. Kelly charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for incidents dating back as far as the year 1998. February 27, 2019 – 2019 North Korea – United States Hanoi Summit held in Vietnam. It is the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
From top left, clockwise: Anti-government protests called the Arab Spring arose in 2010–2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown, including when Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed; Crimea is annexed by Russia in 2014; ISIS/ISIL perpetrates terrorist attacks and captures territory in Syria and Iraq; climate change awareness and the Paris Agreement; the Event Horizon ...
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are ...
By 2010, a mere 15% to 17% of all NYSE trades were controlled by the NYSE (the new electronic exchanges controlled the rest). Different ways of trading with exchanges that go into so-called slow ...
Business and economics Apple Inc. launches Ping. (BBC) A trade agreement between Australia and the European Union comes into effect stopping Australian wine being marketed using terms such as champagne and port. (ABC Online) (BBC) (People's Daily) The U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, upheld an injunction issued by a federal district court in Indiana in 2009, enjoining Teva ...
Disasters The Niger River bursts its banks forcing 5,000 people to lose their homes and crops. (BBC) A 7.6 magnitude earthquake and small tsunami hits the Pacific Ocean nation of Vanuatu. (AFP via Yahoo News Australia), (INO) Rescuers in China's Gansu province continue to search for 1,100 missing people in a recent landslide, as the death toll rises to 702. (BBC) (China Daily) A de Havilland ...
This was a big year for EVE Online, with the release of the Tyrannis expansion and some awesome news stories spreading across the internet like digital wildfire. The year was off to a good start ...
Uruguay striker and 2010 FIFA World Cup player of the tournament Diego Forlán is a popular attraction among the inhabitants of Kolkata as he participates in a talent search. (BBC News) In United States baseball, a group led by Nolan Ryan buys the Texas Rangers at a bankruptcy auction. (MSNBC) August 6, 2010.