The European Union’s climate service declared that 2023 was the hottest year on record.
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Connecticut became the 5th state to join the United States of America.
Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
During the Black Death persecutions, 700 Jews were burned alive in their own homes in Basel, Netherlands.
Steve Jobs announced Apple's very first smartphone, the iPhone 1.
Income tax was introduced in the UK so that prime minister William Pitt could collect funds to beat Napoleon.
