Barack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.
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A plane crash in South Sudan at Juba International Airport killed 31 people.
Physicists in New Zealand observed a record-breaking solar flair.
Around 1,000 Soviet tanks entered Budapest, the capital of Hungary, after bombing half the city in an attempt to take over.
A chimpanzee was observed for the first time making and using tools.
The Japanese Prime Minister, Hara Takashi, was assassinated in Tokyo.
