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  2. History of Earth - Wikipedia

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    Earth formed in this manner about 4.54 billion years ago (with an uncertainty of 1%) [25] [26] [4] and was largely completed within 10–20 million years. [27] In June 2023, scientists reported evidence that the planet Earth may have formed in just three million years, much faster than the 10−100 million years thought earlier.

  3. List of decades, centuries, and millennia - Wikipedia

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    List of decades, centuries, and millennia. The list below includes links to articles with further details for each decade, century, and millennium from 15,000 BC to AD 3000. Century. Decades. 15th millennium BC · 15,000–14,001 BC. 14th millennium BC · 14,000–13,001 BC. 13th millennium BC · 13,000–12,001 BC. 12th millennium BC · 12,000 ...

  4. Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event - Wikipedia

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    The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, [a] also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction, [b] was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth [2][3] approximately 66 million years ago. The event caused the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.

  5. Checkered past: 101 years ago, he happened upon the ... - AOL

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    She has been going ever since. Now living in Nebraska, she drives 750 miles every year. "So, you multiply that story by 20 people," said Jeff Nickell, to get the family tally just at this year's race.

  6. Tunguska event - Wikipedia

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    Date: 30 June 1908; 116 years ago (): Time: 07:17: Location: Podkamennaya Tunguska River, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire: Coordinates: 1]: Cause: Probable meteor air burst of small asteroid or comet: Outcome: Flattened 2,150 km 2 (830 sq mi) of forest Devastation to local plants and animals: Deaths: Up to 3 possible [2]: Property damage: A few damaged buildings: The Tunguska event was a ...

  7. Deadly Hwy. 101 intersection was supposed to be fixed years ...

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    August 30, 2024 at 12:48 PM. A notoriously deadly Highway 101 crossing in northern San Luis Obispo County claimed another life this week as plans to fix the intersection are years delayed. On ...

  8. History of ancient Israel and Judah - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The history of ancient Israel and Judah spans from the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan 's hill country during the late second millennium BCE, to the establishment and subsequent downfall of the two Israelite kingdoms in the mid-first millennium BCE. This history unfolds within the Southern Levant during the Iron Age.

  9. Sinking of the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club stepped forward and climbed down a rope into the lifeboat; he was the only adult male passenger whom Lightoller allowed to board during the port side evacuation. [101] Peuchen's role highlighted a key problem during the evacuation: there were hardly any seamen to man the boats.