The European Union’s climate service declared that 2023 was the hottest year on record.
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During the Black Death persecutions, 700 Jews were burned alive in their own homes in Basel, Netherlands.
NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-32.
Five minutes after take-off, Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashed north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 passengers.
Connecticut became the 5th state to join the United States of America.
Jean Pierre Blanchard flew the first hot air balloon in the US.
