A family coup in Saudi Arabia replaced King Saud with Faisal, his half-brother.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 with Jennifer Lawrence premiered in Berlin, Germany.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially made a federal US holiday.
A tiger, who hunted and killed 13 people, was killed after a large-scale hunt in Central India.
The Dow Jones Industrial hit its third record high in one week.
The New York City Marathon was canceled due to Hurricane Sandy.