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At 8.30am, just a bit past daybreak, I am born.
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A boeing 727-100 of Tame airlines crashes into the Andes mountain, taking the lives of 92
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An electricity failure cuts off power to about 500 000 people living in SE England and halts 60% of the local railway system.
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Over a million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-hand rally form a 500km long human chain to remember the deaths in the 228 event.
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The 8.7 magnitude Sumatran Earthquake hits India, the second strongest Earthquake since 1960; killing about 1300!
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The republic of Montenegro is admitted as the 192th member of the United Nations
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The, now deceased and ex, CEO of Apple, the great Steve Jobs announces the birth of iPhone
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On this day, the last native speaker of Eyak from Alaska, dies and the language becomes extinct.
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Slovakia announces their adoption of the Euro currency, and becomes the 16th Eurozone country
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The Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world then, and now still, officially opens.
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World population hits 7 million, according to UN
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A suicide bomber kills 53 and injures 130 in Iraq
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I graduate into Secondary school!
