Here you’ll discover a collection of fascinating and unforgettable events that shaped the world in 2023.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Jan 1\r\n\r\nCroatia replaced its national currency, the kuna, with the euro.\r\n\r\n
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The Doomsday Clock represents how close the world is to a major catastrophe or all-out nuclear war. This adjustment brought the clock the closest it had ever been to midnight since its creation in 1947.\r\n\r\n
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The 74-year-old had faced health complications for years, including a spine injury and a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. After a number of canceled shows, he made the hard decision to quit touring to take care of his health.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nOver the next three weeks, the region was hit with over 10,000 aftershocks. It was the deadliest earthquake in Turkey since 526 AD and Syria since 1822.\r\n\r\n
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The border was opened briefly to allow a convoy of vehicles carrying aid to disaster-struck areas of Turkey affected by the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake. The last time the border opened was in 1988 when Turkey sent aid to Armenia after another devastating earthquake.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 28\r\n\r\nThe FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 9\r\n\r\nThe US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 14\r\n\r\nOpenAI released GPT-4, an upgraded version of their popular artificial intelligence chatbot.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 17\r\n\r\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The warrant was issued for the crime of forcefully deporting children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. A warrant for the same crime was also issued against Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n
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The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
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The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
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The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJan 10\r\n\r\nThe UK’s Prince Harry published Spare, his tell-all memoir on his upbringing with the Royal Family.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJan 20\r\n\r\nBuzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the Moon, married Anca Faur on his 93rd birthday.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJan 24\r\n\r\nThe Doomsday Clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight after new escalations in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Doomsday Clock represents how close the world is to a major catastrophe or all-out nuclear war. This adjustment brought the clock the closest it had ever been to midnight since its creation in 1947.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 1\r\n\r\nLegendary rock singer Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The 74-year-old had faced health complications for years, including a spine injury and a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. After a number of canceled shows, he made the hard decision to quit touring to take care of his health.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 6\r\n\r\nTurkey and Syria were struck by a catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 59,259 people.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOver the next three weeks, the region was hit with over 10,000 aftershocks. It was the deadliest earthquake in Turkey since 526 AD and Syria since 1822.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 11\r\n\r\nThe Armenian-Turkish land border opened for the first time in 35 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The border was opened briefly to allow a convoy of vehicles carrying aid to disaster-struck areas of Turkey affected by the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake. The last time the border opened was in 1988 when Turkey sent aid to Armenia after another devastating earthquake.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 28\r\n\r\nThe FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 9\r\n\r\nThe US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 14\r\n\r\nOpenAI released GPT-4, an upgraded version of their popular artificial intelligence chatbot.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 17\r\n\r\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The warrant was issued for the crime of forcefully deporting children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. A warrant for the same crime was also issued against Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 31\r\n\r\nItaly banned the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Jan 20\r\n\r\nBuzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the Moon, married Anca Faur on his 93rd birthday.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJan 24\r\n\r\nThe Doomsday Clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight after new escalations in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Doomsday Clock represents how close the world is to a major catastrophe or all-out nuclear war. This adjustment brought the clock the closest it had ever been to midnight since its creation in 1947.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 1\r\n\r\nLegendary rock singer Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The 74-year-old had faced health complications for years, including a spine injury and a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. After a number of canceled shows, he made the hard decision to quit touring to take care of his health.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 6\r\n\r\nTurkey and Syria were struck by a catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 59,259 people.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOver the next three weeks, the region was hit with over 10,000 aftershocks. It was the deadliest earthquake in Turkey since 526 AD and Syria since 1822.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 11\r\n\r\nThe Armenian-Turkish land border opened for the first time in 35 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The border was opened briefly to allow a convoy of vehicles carrying aid to disaster-struck areas of Turkey affected by the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake. The last time the border opened was in 1988 when Turkey sent aid to Armenia after another devastating earthquake.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 28\r\n\r\nThe FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 9\r\n\r\nThe US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 14\r\n\r\nOpenAI released GPT-4, an upgraded version of their popular artificial intelligence chatbot.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 17\r\n\r\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The warrant was issued for the crime of forcefully deporting children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. A warrant for the same crime was also issued against Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 31\r\n\r\nItaly banned the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Jan 24\r\n\r\nThe Doomsday Clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight after new escalations in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Doomsday Clock represents how close the world is to a major catastrophe or all-out nuclear war. This adjustment brought the clock the closest it had ever been to midnight since its creation in 1947.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 1\r\n\r\nLegendary rock singer Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The 74-year-old had faced health complications for years, including a spine injury and a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. After a number of canceled shows, he made the hard decision to quit touring to take care of his health.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 6\r\n\r\nTurkey and Syria were struck by a catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 59,259 people.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOver the next three weeks, the region was hit with over 10,000 aftershocks. It was the deadliest earthquake in Turkey since 526 AD and Syria since 1822.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 11\r\n\r\nThe Armenian-Turkish land border opened for the first time in 35 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The border was opened briefly to allow a convoy of vehicles carrying aid to disaster-struck areas of Turkey affected by the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake. The last time the border opened was in 1988 when Turkey sent aid to Armenia after another devastating earthquake.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 28\r\n\r\nThe FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 9\r\n\r\nThe US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 14\r\n\r\nOpenAI released GPT-4, an upgraded version of their popular artificial intelligence chatbot.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 17\r\n\r\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The warrant was issued for the crime of forcefully deporting children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. A warrant for the same crime was also issued against Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 31\r\n\r\nItaly banned the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Feb 1\r\n\r\nLegendary rock singer Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The 74-year-old had faced health complications for years, including a spine injury and a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. After a number of canceled shows, he made the hard decision to quit touring to take care of his health.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 6\r\n\r\nTurkey and Syria were struck by a catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 59,259 people.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOver the next three weeks, the region was hit with over 10,000 aftershocks. It was the deadliest earthquake in Turkey since 526 AD and Syria since 1822.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 11\r\n\r\nThe Armenian-Turkish land border opened for the first time in 35 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The border was opened briefly to allow a convoy of vehicles carrying aid to disaster-struck areas of Turkey affected by the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake. The last time the border opened was in 1988 when Turkey sent aid to Armenia after another devastating earthquake.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 28\r\n\r\nThe FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 9\r\n\r\nThe US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 14\r\n\r\nOpenAI released GPT-4, an upgraded version of their popular artificial intelligence chatbot.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 17\r\n\r\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The warrant was issued for the crime of forcefully deporting children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. A warrant for the same crime was also issued against Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 31\r\n\r\nItaly banned the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Feb 6\r\n\r\nTurkey and Syria were struck by a catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 59,259 people.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOver the next three weeks, the region was hit with over 10,000 aftershocks. It was the deadliest earthquake in Turkey since 526 AD and Syria since 1822.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 11\r\n\r\nThe Armenian-Turkish land border opened for the first time in 35 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The border was opened briefly to allow a convoy of vehicles carrying aid to disaster-struck areas of Turkey affected by the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake. The last time the border opened was in 1988 when Turkey sent aid to Armenia after another devastating earthquake.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 28\r\n\r\nThe FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 9\r\n\r\nThe US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 14\r\n\r\nOpenAI released GPT-4, an upgraded version of their popular artificial intelligence chatbot.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 17\r\n\r\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The warrant was issued for the crime of forcefully deporting children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. A warrant for the same crime was also issued against Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 31\r\n\r\nItaly banned the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nOver the next three weeks, the region was hit with over 10,000 aftershocks. It was the deadliest earthquake in Turkey since 526 AD and Syria since 1822.\r\n\r\n
Feb 11\r\n\r\nThe Armenian-Turkish land border opened for the first time in 35 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The border was opened briefly to allow a convoy of vehicles carrying aid to disaster-struck areas of Turkey affected by the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake. The last time the border opened was in 1988 when Turkey sent aid to Armenia after another devastating earthquake.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFeb 28\r\n\r\nThe FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 9\r\n\r\nThe US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 14\r\n\r\nOpenAI released GPT-4, an upgraded version of their popular artificial intelligence chatbot.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 17\r\n\r\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The warrant was issued for the crime of forcefully deporting children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. A warrant for the same crime was also issued against Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 31\r\n\r\nItaly banned the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Feb 28\r\n\r\nThe FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 9\r\n\r\nThe US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 14\r\n\r\nOpenAI released GPT-4, an upgraded version of their popular artificial intelligence chatbot.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 17\r\n\r\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The warrant was issued for the crime of forcefully deporting children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. A warrant for the same crime was also issued against Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 31\r\n\r\nItaly banned the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Mar 9\r\n\r\nThe US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 14\r\n\r\nOpenAI released GPT-4, an upgraded version of their popular artificial intelligence chatbot.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 17\r\n\r\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The warrant was issued for the crime of forcefully deporting children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. A warrant for the same crime was also issued against Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 31\r\n\r\nItaly banned the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Mar 14\r\n\r\nOpenAI released GPT-4, an upgraded version of their popular artificial intelligence chatbot.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\nRead More\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 17\r\n\r\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The warrant was issued for the crime of forcefully deporting children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. A warrant for the same crime was also issued against Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 31\r\n\r\nItaly banned the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Mar 17\r\n\r\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The warrant was issued for the crime of forcefully deporting children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. A warrant for the same crime was also issued against Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMar 31\r\n\r\nItaly banned the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Mar 31\r\n\r\nItaly banned the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nInstead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. ChatGPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the chatbot from using their data.\r\n\r\n
Apr 3\r\n\r\nNASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nCommander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, flight engineer Christina Koch, and pilot Victor J. Glover were chosen for Artemis II, a fly-by mission to the moon.\r\n\r\n
Apr 4\r\n\r\nFinland officially joined Nato, becoming the 31st member of the security alliance.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Apr 20\r\n\r\nSpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to one day carry human colonists to Mars. Despite the explosion, SpaceX’s engineers celebrated the launch, as it provided invaluable data.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Apr 29\r\n\r\nLegendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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May 1\r\n\r\nGeoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” resigned from Google amidst growing concerns over AI.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The so-called godfather, who gained his nickname for his pioneering work in the AI field, resigned to help spread the word about the dangers of the emerging technology.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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May 2\r\n\r\nThe Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nThe strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was the largest stoppage interruption to US film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Guild members headed to picket lines demanding increased wages and better job security.\r\n\r\n
May 4\r\n\r\nStar Wars actress Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMay 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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May 25\r\n\r\nThe FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 8\r\n\r\nFormer US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 16\r\n\r\nThe rules for the Grammy Awards were updated to restrict AI-generated songs.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The new rules clarified that songs that are fully generated by AI will not be considered for awards. Songs that are only partly written by AI and have “meaningful” human contributions are still allowed.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Jun 18\r\n\r\nOceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nAll contact with the submersible was lost just one hour and forty-five minutes after Titan dove below the surface. Four days later, Titan’s wreckage was found about 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the Titanic. All five of the expedition’s participants, including Oceangate CEO Paul-Henri Nargeolet, perished.\r\n\r\n
Jun 30\r\n\r\nHarrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Jul 8\r\n\r\nElton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 21\r\n\r\nGreta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened in cinemas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Many people flocked to cinemas to watch both films back-to-back, morphing the two films into a five-hour marathon delightfully coined as “Barbenheimer.”\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Jul 22\r\n\r\nGood Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975’s lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nMalaysia is a Muslim-majority country where homosexual activity is criminalized. Matty Healy, an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, kissed bassist Ross MacDonald to make a point and criticized the government’s stance on the matter.\r\n\r\n
Jul 26\r\n\r\nNiger President Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office by a military coup.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nThis made the fifth coup in Niger since it gained independence from France in 1960. The coup was condemned by many of the world’s foremost institutions and political bodies, including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union.\r\n\r\n
Aug 10\r\n\r\nTwo rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24\/7 in San Francisco, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The two companies, Cruise and Waymo, had been testing their services in the city for a year before they were given full approval.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Aug 19\r\n\r\nRussia’s Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The mission was Roscosmos’ (Russia’s space agency) first attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon. The last Russian attempts occurred in the 70s under the Soviet space program.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Aug 23\r\n\r\nIndia became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nIndia followed in the footsteps of Russia, China, and the US with the touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 Moon Lander. India’s Moon landing is quite different from all other landings, though, as it was the first to land on the Moon’s unexplored south pole.\r\n\r\n
Aug 24\r\n\r\nDonald Trump became the first former US President to have their mug shot taken.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail for 13 felony charges related to his attempts to interfere in the 2020 Presidential election. This was the fourth time in six months that Trump turned himself in due to criminal charges being laid against him.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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Sep 12\r\n\r\nKim Jong-Un arrived in Russia by armored train to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential military cooperation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 13\r\n\r\n“UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Maussan had made several debunked claims in the past, and on this day, he presented the mummified “aliens” with the claim that they are “not part of our terrestrial evolution.” Scientists worldwide have since decried the entire thing as yet another elaborate hoax.\r\n\r\n
\r\nShare\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSource\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSep 16\r\n\r\nRolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The decision came soon after Wenner released a book titled “The Masters,” in which he exclusively interviewed white male musicians, and the magazine’s board of directors removed Wenner from the list following racist and sexist remarks he made regarding why he didn’t feature any female or Black artists.\r\n\r\n
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