1968

Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was a social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country, which most commonly affected African Americans. The movement had origins in the Reconstruction era in the late 19th century, and modern roots in the 1940s and in Mohandas Gandhi's nonviolent movement in India. After years of nonviolent protests and civil disobedience campaigns, the civil rights movement achieved many of its legislative goals in the 1960s, during which it secured new protections in federal law for the civil rights of all Americans, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

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Civil rights movement

1971

Army of the Republic of Vietnam

The Army of the Republic of Vietnam composed the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Its predecessor was the ground forces of the Vietnamese National Army, established on 8 December 1950, representing Vietnam to fight in the First Indochina War against the communist Viet Minh rebels. At the ARVN's peak, an estimated 1 in 9 citizens of South Vietnam were enlisted, composed of Regular Forces and the more voluntary Regional Forces and the Popular Force militias. It is estimated to have suffered 1,394,000 casualties during the Vietnam War.

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Army of the Republic of Vietnam

1974

Skylab 4

Skylab 4 was the third crewed Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station.

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Skylab 4

1983

1983 Melbourne dust storm

The 1983 Melbourne dust storm was a meteorological phenomenon that occurred during the afternoon of 8 February 1983, throughout much of Victoria, Australia and affected the state capital, Melbourne. Red soil, dust and sand from Central and Southeastern Australia was swept up in high winds and carried southeast through Victoria. The dust storm was one of the most dramatic consequences of the 1982/83 drought, at the time the worst in Australian history and is, in hindsight, viewed as a precursor to the Ash Wednesday bushfires which were to occur eight days later.

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1983 Melbourne dust storm

1986

Via Rail

Via Rail Canada Inc., operating as Via Rail, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada.

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Via Rail

1989

Independent Air Flight 1851

On 8 February 1989, Independent Air Flight 1851, a Boeing 707 on an American charter flight from Bergamo, Italy, to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, struck Pico Alto while on approach to Santa Maria Airport in the Azores for a scheduled stopover. The aircraft was destroyed, with the loss of all 144 people on board, resulting in the deadliest plane crash in Portugal's history. All of the passengers on board were Italian and all of the crew were Americans. The crash is also known as "The disaster of the Azores".

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Independent Air Flight 1851

1993

Iran Airtour

Iran Airtour is a privately owned Iranian airline that was launched in 1973. Its main base is Mashhad Airport.

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Iran Airtour

2010

Hindu Kush

The Hindu Kush is an 800-kilometre-long (500 mi) mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and eastern Afghanistan into northwestern Pakistan and far southeastern Tajikistan. The range forms the western section of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region (HKH); to the north, near its northeastern end, the Hindu Kush buttresses the Pamir Mountains to the north near the point where the borders of China, Pakistan and Afghanistan meet, after which it runs southwest through Pakistan and into Afghanistan near their border.

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Hindu Kush

2013

February 2013 North American blizzard

From February 8–10, 2013, a severe and powerful blizzard, unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Nemo by The Weather Channel and other media, or more commonly the Blizzard of 2013, primarily affecting the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada, causing heavy snowfall up to 1–2 feet and hurricane-force winds. The blizzard developed from the combination of two areas of low pressure, before rapidly strengthening once it neared New England as a nor'easter. The storm crossed the Atlantic Ocean, affecting Ireland and the United Kingdom before dissipating. The nor'easter's effects in the United States received a Category 3 rank on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale, classifying it as a "Major" Winter Storm.

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February 2013 North American blizzard

2014

2014 Medina hotel fire

The 2014 Medina hotel fire was a hotel fire that occurred in a hotel in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The fire killed at least 15 people and another 130 were injured.

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2014 Medina hotel fire

2020

Nakhon Ratchasima shootings

Between 8 and 9 February 2020, a mass shooting occurred near and in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, colloquially known as Korat. A Sergeant Major of the Royal Thai Army killed 29 people and wounded 58 others before he was eventually shot and killed.

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Nakhon Ratchasima shootings

2023

Laval daycare bus crash

On February 8, 2023, bus driver Pierre Ny St-Amand deliberately crashed Société de transport de Laval (STL) bus into a daycare in Laval, Quebec, Canada, killing two children and injuring six others. St-Amand was quickly subdued by bystanders and arrested. Trauma support was provided to affected families and residents. Quebec Premier François Legault and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the area to pay respects in the days following the incident.

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Laval daycare bus crash

1995

Birth of Gabriel Deck

Gabriel Deck, Argentine basketball player

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Gabriel Deck

1995

Birth of Joshua Kimmich

Joshua Kimmich, German footballer

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Joshua Kimmich

1996

Birth of Kenedy (footballer)

Kenedy, Brazilian footballer

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Kenedy (footballer)