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Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.

The 2017–2018 Russian protests were a long series of countrywide street protest actions and demonstrations in the Russian Fede...

The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.

ROKS Cheonan is the name of two South Korean Navy warships:ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772), a Pohang-class corvette from 1989 to 2010....

Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China S...

During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.

The Algerian Civil War was a civil war in Algeria fought between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups from ...

Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.

Heaven's Gate was an American new religious movement, often described as a cult. It was founded in 1974 and led by Bonnie Nettle...

Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of 2,...

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces...

Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a centrist to centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. The party supported a mix...

Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.

Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian politician who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his as...

The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.

The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), or Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), is a disarmament treaty that effecti...

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