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2010 – Mount Merapi in Indonesia begins a month-long series of violent eruptions that kill 353 people and cause the evacuation of another 350,000 people. [11] 2010 – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people. [12]
Earthquakes of 2022. Sixty-eight people are injured when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Cordillera Administrative Region and nearby regions in the Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Eleven people, including several children, are killed and six others are injured in a fire at a school for the blind in Mukono District, Uganda.
1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange, the stock exchange with the most mining and petrochemical companies listed in the world, was established. refimprove section 1875 – The first performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, one of his most popular compositions, was given in Boston with Hans von Bülow as soloist. multiple issues
Human history or world history is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers . They migrated out of Africa during the Last Ice Age and had spread across Earth's continental land except Antarctica by the end of the Ice Age 12,000 years ago.
The Grammy Award-winning musician was born on October 31, 1961. My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero was born on October 31, 1981. That means he'll turn 43 this year.
October 23 – Emperor of Japan Akihito begins the first imperial visit to China, telling a Beijing audience he feels deep sorrow for the suffering of the Chinese people during World War II. October 25 – Lithuania holds a referendum on its first constitution after declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1990.
[23] [24] The following month, Jimin earned his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Filter", which debuted at number 87 on the chart, [25] as well his first number one on the World Digital Song Sales chart. The song set the record for the biggest streaming debut among all Korean songs on Spotify, accruing over 2.2 million streams in its ...
2003 – The Cedar Fire, the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km 2), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego. 2004 – Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best ...