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Date
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Event
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Answer
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January 6
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Pro-Trump protesters storm this building in Washington, D.C.
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Capitol Building
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January 6
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Mass arrests of pro-democracy activists take place in this city
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Hong Kong
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January 29
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The share price of this video game retailer peaks at $325 due to a Reddit-driven short squeeze
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GameStop
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February 1
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A military coup removes this leader from power in Myanmar
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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February 9
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Hope becomes the first space probe from this country to enter orbit around Mars
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United Arab Emirates
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February 19
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The US rejoins this international agreement after leaving it under the Trump Administration
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Paris Agreement
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February 22
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This country becomes the first to record over 500,000 COVID-19 deaths
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United States
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March 1
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This former French president is convicted on corruption charges
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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March 23
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This container ship becomes lodged in the Suez Canal
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Ever Given
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April 9
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This member of the British royal family dies aged 99
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Prince Philip
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April 20
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Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is convicted of the murder of this man
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George Floyd
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April 25
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Aged 83, this man becomes the oldest person in history to win the Academy Award for Best Actor
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Anthony Hopkins
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May 23
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This country forces down a Ryanair flight to arrest a dissident journalist
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Belarus
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May 26
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A Dutch court rules this company must align its emissions with the Paris Agreement
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Shell
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June 9
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El Salvador adopts this currency as legal tender alongside the US dollar
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Bitcoin
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June 13
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This long-serving Israeli prime minister leaves office
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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June 29
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This former US secretary of defense dies aged 88
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Donald Rumsfeld
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July 7
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Jovenel Moise, the president of this country, is assassinated
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Haiti
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July 16
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184 people are killed in flash flooding in this European country
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Germany
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August 15
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This fundamentalist Islamist movement recaptures Kabul and overthrows the Afghan government
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Taliban
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September 15
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This trilateral security pact is announced between the US, UK and Australia
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AUKUS
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October 4
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Unable to drive down Delta cases despite a hard lockdown, this country officially abandons its COVID-19 "elimination" or COVID-zero policy
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New Zealand
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October 15
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This British MP is assassinated at a constituency surgery
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David Amess
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November 29
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The government of this country repeals agricultural legislation which had led to ongoing protests
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India
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November 30
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This Commonwealth Realm becomes a republic
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Barbados
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December 6
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Several countries announce a diplomatic boycott of this 2022 sporting event
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Beijing Winter Olympics
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December 8
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This person succeeds Angela Merkel as Chancellor of Germany
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Olaf Scholz
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December 12
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Voters in this French overseas territory reject independence in a referendum
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New Caledonia
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December 25
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This successor to the Hubble Telescope is launched
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James Webb Telescope
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December 31
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At year's end, this is the only Australian state remaining COVID-free
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Western Australia
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