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February 05

YEAR 2020

United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial.

United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial.

YEAR 2020

Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 overshoots the runway at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport and crashes, killing three people and injuring 179.

Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 overshoots the runway at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport and crashes, killing three people and injuring 179.

YEAR 2019

Pope Francis becomes the first Pope in history to visit and perform papal mass in the Arabian Peninsula during his visit to Abu Dhabi.

Pope Francis becomes the first Pope in history to visit and perform papal mass in the Arabian Peninsula during his visit to Abu Dhabi.

YEAR 2016

New Zealand politician Steven Joyce is hit by a flung rubber dildo in a Waitangi Day protest.

New Zealand politician Steven Joyce is hit by a flung rubber dildo in a Waitangi Day protest.

YEAR 2008

A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.

A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.

YEAR 2004

Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.

Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.

YEAR 2000

Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.

Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.

YEAR 1997

The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.

The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.

YEAR 1994

Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

YEAR 1994

Markale massacres, more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell explodes in a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.

Markale massacres, more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell explodes in a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.

YEAR 1988

Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.

Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.

YEAR 1985

Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage, meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the T...

Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage, meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.

YEAR 1981

Operation Soap: The Metropolitan Toronto Police Force raids four gay bathhouses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, arresting just under 300, triggering mass...

Operation Soap: The Metropolitan Toronto Police Force raids four gay bathhouses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, arresting just under 300, triggering mass protest and rallies.

YEAR 1975

Riots break out in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed b...

Riots break out in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.

YEAR 1971

Astronauts land on the Moon in the Apollo 14 mission.

Astronauts land on the Moon in the Apollo 14 mission.