115,000-year-old human bones found in Poland turned out to be from a Neanderthal child who was eaten by a giant bird.
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Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard in a record-breaking $69 billion takeover.
All 33 miners trapped after a mining accident in Chile were rescued after being stuck underground for 69 days.
Cellular mobile phone service was made available to the American public for the first time.
A painting called 'Abstraktes' by Gerhard Richter sold for a record $34 million.
The citizens of Texas accepted the new constitution and approved the annexation ordinance.
