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Flooding in the Persian Gulf starts, killing 19 in Oman.
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Russian warship Moskva sinks.
The foreshock of a major earthquake occurs in Kumamoto, Japan.
Two bombs detonate at a bus station in Nyanya, Nigeria, killing at least 88 people and injuring hundreds. Boko Haram claims responsibility.
Boko Haram abducts 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Nigeria.
Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi injure 13 people.
The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
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