Michelle Bachelet became the first female president of Chile.
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More than 20,000 people were killed after Mount Etna erupted in Sicily.
NASA launched the Pioneer 5 space probe from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
15,899 lives were lost after a severe 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in Japan.
The Spanish Flu received its first case in the US.
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the spread of COVID-19 was now at a Pandemic stage.
