Former British prime minister Tony Blair won the leadership election for the British Labour Party.
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The Soviet Vostok Station in Antarctica recorded the world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location.
Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.
J.K. Rowling's final book in the series 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' book was published worldwide.
New York City allocated hundreds of acres of land in Manhattan for Central Park.
NASA's space shuttle program finally came to a close when mission STS-135 landed.
