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His brother Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet, is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349955864#Events", "title": "1809 in Canada", "revid": 1349955864, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1819, "year_label": "1819 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "January 2", "text": "January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355822452#January–March", "title": "1819", "revid": 1355822452, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1822, "year_label": "1822 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – The first freed slaves from the United States arrive on the west coast of Africa, founding Monrovia on April 25.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367154222#January–March", "title": "1822", "revid": 1367154222, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1825, "year_label": "1825 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 4", "text": "4 July – The sloop Restauration set sail from Stavanger to New York City. 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The Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends (Quakers) also assists, but there are claims of \"Souperism\" (the provision of food in combination with proselytization) by other Protestant sectarian groups.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360407146#Events", "title": "1847 in Ireland", "revid": 1360407146, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – American adventurer William Walker and a group of armed mercenaries (filibusters) sail from San Francisco in California south to Central America to attempt to conquer Nicaragua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#April–June", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1858, "year_label": "1858 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Chinese, German, Norwegian, Jews, American, Irish, Latin American, French, Belgian Canadian and other immigrants who had been in the California goldfields arrive in British Columbia, attracted by the Fraser River Gold rush, joining French Canadians, Métis, Hawaiians and others already in the area who abandoned regular employment to work the banks of the Fraser alongside the native peoples, who also took part in the rush.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349957477#Events", "title": "1858 in Canada", "revid": 1349957477, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1861, "year_label": "1861 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – North Carolina secedes from the Union.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368946725#May", "title": "1861", "revid": 1368946725, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1861, "year_label": "1861 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 23", "text": "May 23 – American Civil War: The state of Virginia's ordinance of secession from the United States is ratified in a referendum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368946725#May", "title": "1861", "revid": 1368946725, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1861, "year_label": "1861 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 21", "text": "October 21 – American Civil War: Battle of Ball's Bluff – Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops, in the second major battle of the war. 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Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models are sold in America that year, convincing Volkswagen chairman Heinrich Nordhoff the car has no future in the U.S. (The Type 1 goes on to become an automotive phenomenon.)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370167995#January", "title": "1949", "revid": 1370167995, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The United States defeat Mexico in the Americas Zone final of the Davis Cup.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339604561#Sport", "title": "1954 in Mexico", "revid": 1339604561, "section": "Sport"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – Soviet Foreign Minister Anastas Mikoyan returned to Moscow after a controversial 17-day tour of the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266154737#January", "title": "1959 in the Soviet Union", "revid": 1266154737, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14–28 — The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs between the United States and Soviet Union over the deployment of Soviet ballistic missiles to Cuba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329512176#October", "title": "1962 in the Soviet Union", "revid": 1329512176, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 29", "text": "29 April – Grand Duchess Charlotte pays a state visit to the United States until 4 May.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352053912#April_–_June", "title": "1963 in Luxembourg", "revid": 1352053912, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – Freedom Summer, a volunteer Civil Rights project in the United States intended to promote voter registration for as many African Americans as possible in Mississippi, begins with orientation sessions for the 300 volunteers at Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#June", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 — Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev accuses the United States of 'pirate raids' against North Vietnam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1310246211#March", "title": "1965 in the Soviet Union", "revid": 1310246211, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 24", "text": "24 July - Miss Thailand Apasra Hongsakula won the crown title of the Miss Universe 1965 held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371206699#July", "title": "1965 in Thailand", "revid": 1371206699, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Egypt severs diplomatic relations with the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#June", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "July 13", "text": "13 July: Martha Vasconcellos becomes the second Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title, in the pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368648833#July", "title": "1968 in Brazil", "revid": 1368648833, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th president of the United States of America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#January", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – An American teenager known as 'Robert R.' dies in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, of a baffling medical condition. In 1984 it will be identified as the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#May", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 19", "text": "July 19 – Miss Philippines Gloria Diaz is crowned as the first filipina to win Miss Universe 1969 which was held in Long Beach, California, United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1327967676#Entertainment_and_culture", "title": "1969 in the Philippines", "revid": 1327967676, "section": "Entertainment and culture"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 15", "text": "October 15 – Vietnam War: Hundreds of thousands of people take part in Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam demonstrations across the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#October", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, to begin the SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#November", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 4", "text": "4 April – The United States of America officially recognized Bangladesh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335065860#Events", "title": "1972 in Bangladesh", "revid": 1335065860, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – Two Boeing 727s, TWA Flight 514 and Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, crash on the same day in the Eastern United States resulting in a combined deaths of 95 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#November–December", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "The first Cuban forces arrive in Angola to join Soviet personnel who are there to assist the MPLA that controls less than a quarter of Angolan territory. The United States, Zaire and Zambia request South Africa to provide training and support for the FNLA and UNITA forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#August", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1977, "year_label": "1977 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 - Invited to participate in the ratification of the Panama Canal agreements, Augusto Pinochet travels to United States, where he meets with President Jimmy Carter and other Latin American leaders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1252853749#September", "title": "1977 in Chile", "revid": 1252853749, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 21", "text": "21 November – After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans have occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing 4. (See: Foreign relations of Pakistan)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322350616#Events", "title": "1979 in Pakistan", "revid": 1322350616, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 - Citing Libya's support of international terrorism, the United States ordered the closure of the Libyan Embassy in Washington, D.C. Ambassador Ali Houderi was summoned to the U.S. State Department, and told to withdraw the 27 diplomats and their families within one week. The U.S. Embassy in Libya had closed in 1980. Diplomatic relations were restored in 2004.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1251949863#May", "title": "1981 in Libya", "revid": 1251949863, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 6", "text": "October 6 – Anwar Sadat, 62, Egyptian politician and military officer, he served as the president from Egypt from 1970 until his death in 1981, and he had previously served two terms as the Vice President of Egypt (1964, 1969-1970), he was assassinated by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad during the annual victory parade held in Cairo, his death has been attributed to a conspiracy of Islamic nationalists, anti-imperialists, and pro-Palestinian groups opposed to Sadat's peace initiative with Israel and the United States, relating to the Camp David Accords.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371646004", "title": "Deaths in October 1981", "revid": 1371646004, "section": "Deaths › October"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Bangladesh sent a delegation to compete in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States from 28 July to 12 August 1984. Bangladesh did not win any medals in the competition.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365970288#Sports", "title": "1984 in Bangladesh", "revid": 1365970288, "section": "Events › Sports"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 – Van Halen releases their sixth studio album 1984 (MCMLXXXIV), which debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and will go to sell over 10 million copies in the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#January", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 8", "text": "8 February - American Vice President George H. W. Bush begins a two-day official visit to Luxembourg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352054204#January_–_March", "title": "1984 in Luxembourg", "revid": 1352054204, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 - The first direct commercial flights between Iceland and the United States began, operated by Icelandair.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353006424#Events", "title": "1985 in Iceland", "revid": 1353006424, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "February", "text": "Ousted Marcos and his family are transported through airlift by four United States helicopters to Clark Air Base.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359602453#February", "title": "1986 in the Philippines", "revid": 1359602453, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – A radio journalist in Albay reports that a number of children has fallen ill after being provided UNICEF's vitamin A capsules through a provincewide research program by the Ministry of Health and two United States-based groups, which has begun on July 30 to address vitamin A deficiency in the Bicol Region. The subsequent widespread panic in the region leads to the project being indefinitely postponed since August 30. By mid-September, reportedly there are 85 alleged cases of side effects and two deaths from vitamin A. The ministry, following their investigation, would later deny the accusations and affirm the safety of the capsules.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359602453#August", "title": "1986 in the Philippines", "revid": 1359602453, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 30", "text": "October 30 – The National Park Passport Stamps program begins in the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#October", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 29", "text": "May 29–June 3 – The Moscow Summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev takes place, where the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was finalized.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#May", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "January 25", "text": "25 January – Avianca Flight 052: 73 people die after an Avianca plane flying from Medellín to New York City, United States crashes in Cove Neck, New York.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323486518#January", "title": "1990 in Colombia", "revid": 1323486518, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 7", "text": "February 7 – 1991 Haitian coup d'état: Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in. He is ousted on September 30 and later reinstated in 1994. In response to the coup and in an effort to encourage the coup leaders to restore democracy, the U.S. expands trade sanctions on Haiti to include all goods except food and medicine on October 29.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#February", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – Germany formally regains complete independence after the four post-World War II occupying powers (France, the U.K., the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.) relinquish all remaining rights to the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#March", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 – In the U.S., Time magazine publishes \"The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power,\" an article highly critical of the Scientology movement.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#May", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – In the U.S., telephone services go down in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and San Francisco as a result of a software bug, affecting nearly 12 million customers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#July", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Charles Wade, an American lobbyist, receives a $575,000 (USD) bribe to lobby the American government to remove sanctions against Libya. Wade would plead guilty to conspiring to violate the sanctions in 1995.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324121131#Events", "title": "1992 in Libya", "revid": 1324121131, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 - The United States and the European Community recognize the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242719877#April", "title": "1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina", "revid": 1242719877, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – The 1994 FIFA World Cup starts in the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#June", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1995, "year_label": "1995 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December", "text": "15th - President Rawlings starts an 11-day visit U.S. to promote investment and trade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368450748#December", "title": "1995 in Ghana", "revid": 1368450748, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "March 8", "text": "March 8 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: China begins surface-to-surface missile testing and military exercises off Taiwanese coastal areas. The United States government condemns the act as provocation, and the Taiwanese government warns of retaliation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#March", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "August", "text": "August - The United States announced sanctions on companies with greater than $40 million (USD) annual investments in Libya or Iran, despite objections from Germany, France, Canada, and the European Union.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323164793#Events", "title": "1996 in Libya", "revid": 1323164793, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#January", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed. Some 250 people were killed in the blasts and thousands more wounded. Osama bin Laden was the primary suspect.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371364314#August_7,_1998", "title": "1998 in Afghanistan", "revid": 1371364314, "section": "August 7, 1998"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 15", "text": "15 March - President Rawlings attends a state dinner held in his honour by U.S. President Bill Clinton.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368987185#March", "title": "1999 in Ghana", "revid": 1368987185, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 - The annual U.S. report on international terrorism was released and named Afghanistan as posing a major terrorist threat, partly because it sheltered Osama bin Laden. The report also said that Pakistan refused to end support for groups that trained terrorists in Afghanistan and in Pakistan itself and that Pakistan did not close schools that serve as conduits for terrorism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350779858#May", "title": "2000 in Afghanistan", "revid": 1350779858, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 9", "text": "July 9 - Mary MacMakin, a U.S. aid worker in her 70s who has spent the last 30 years in Afghanistan, is arrested in Kabul on suspicion of espionage. The U.S. government calls the accusations \"ridiculous.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350779858#July", "title": "2000 in Afghanistan", "revid": 1350779858, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 14", "text": "14 January – Bulgaria competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, winning one silver and two bronze medals.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243229498#Events", "title": "2002 in Bulgaria", "revid": 1243229498, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2004, "year_label": "2004 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "March 7", "text": "March 7 - The White House reports that all of Libya's remaining nuclear weapons-related equipment has been sent to the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336312857#March", "title": "2004 in Libya", "revid": 1336312857, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 - The United States urges the United Arab Emirates to end its boycott of Israel: \"The Bush administration said yesterday it is pressing the United Arab Emirates to drop its economic boycott of Israel – a major sticking point in the proposed takeover of key U.S. ports by a UAE-owned firm.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311390022#March", "title": "2006 in the United Arab Emirates", "revid": 1311390022, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – The iPhone, the first modern smartphone, is released in the United States. It is later released in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, and Austria, in November 2007.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370930640#June", "title": "2007", "revid": 1370930640, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "November 10", "text": "November 10: Reports surface that a United States nuclear weapon was lost somewhere in the ice after the January 21, 1968 crash of a B-52 Stratofortress outside Thule Air Base.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363683941#Events", "title": "2008 in Greenland", "revid": 1363683941, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – Due to the 2009 swine flu pandemic, Azerbaijan severed the import of animal husbandry goods from the United States. 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