Barack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.
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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 plane crash in South Sudan at Juba International Airport killed 31 people.
A British-led team of archaeologists located the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb.
The Paris Climate Change Agreement went into force.
