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Dutch artist Wilfred Stijger broke the world record for the tallest sandcastle.
Former police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd.
UNESCO recommended that Australia's Great Barrier Reef be listed as World Heritage Site 'in danger.'
Carl Nassib became the first openly-gay NFL player to play a regular-season game.
Thousands of pigeons went missing after a freak weather incident.
US President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday.
US President Joe Biden met Queen Elizabeth II for tea at Windsor Castle in London.
Amazon announced the acquisition of film studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer for $8.45 billion.
Italy won the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with Måneskin's 'Zitti e buoni.'
A nine-year-old boy died after being struck by lightning during a football coaching session in Blackpool, England.
The World Health Organization approved the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
A Texas resident narrowly avoided a felony after forgetting to return a VHS rental tape after 22 years.
Johns Hopkins University announced that the number of people who died worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic had reached three million.
US President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021.
Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria apologized for voicing Apu for 30 years.
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, died at age 99.
A 28-year-old man broke into a trading card shop in Japan and stole thousands of dollars worth of Pokémon cards.
Beyoncé won her 28th Grammy Award, breaking the world record for most Grammys won by an artist.
Prince William made a public statement saying that the British Royal Family was not a racist family.
Pope Francis made history when he became the first pope to visit Iraq.
Hasbro announced that their Mr. Potato Head brand was changing its name to be gender inclusive.
The Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars.
Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization.
Winter Storm Uri caused blackouts and killed 82 people in Texas & northern Mexico.
The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donald Trump's second impeachment trial began.
Doctors in New York successfully performed the world's first face and double hand transplant.
The UK hit a milestone after giving 10 million people a COVID-19 vaccination.
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi was removed from power by a military coup d'état.
Blue Origin's New Shepherd rocket successfully launched on its 14th flight from Launch Site One, Texas.
Five minutes after take-off, Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashed north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 passengers.
Donald Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
The US Capitol is attacked.
Lil Nas X released a children's book called 'C is for Country.'
Lionel Messi broke Pelé's record for the most goals with one soccer club.
The US FDA approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
Coca-Cola was named the world's largest plastic polluter by the charity 'Break Free From Plastic.'
The United Kingdom became the first country to legalize the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine.
Puerto Rico's Arecibo Telescope collapsed less than a month after being decommissioned.
Joe Biden slipped while playing with his dog, Major, and was left with hairline fractures in his foot.
Charli D'Amelio became the first person to reach 100 million followers on TikTok.
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev established November 10th as Victory Day.
Americans headed to the polls to vote for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the US Presidential Election.
David Attenborough gained one million followers on Instagram within 4 hours and 45 minutes of his first post.
The COVID-19 death toll passed 200,000 in the US.
China's space agency launched a classified spacecraft into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, became the world's richest woman with a net worth of $68 billion.
R&B icon Akon ceremoniously laid the first stone for Akon City, a futuristic Wakanda-like city in Senegal.
Elon Musk unveiled a pig called Gertrude with a coin-sized computer chip in her brain.
Apple became the first US company to be valued at $2 trillion.
