Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected as the first pope from the Americas; he takes the papal nameFrancis.
Nigerian general election, 2015
Muhammadu Buhari was elected President of Nigeria, the first time the opposition ever won an election against an incumbent and the first ever peaceful transfer of power in the country.
Italian constitutional referendum, 2016
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned after the result constitutional referendum, in which Italians rejected his reform to overhaul the Senate of the Republic. The Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni was appointed new Prime Minister.
1077 BC
The New Kingdom phase in Egypt is over when Rameses XI dies. Smendes ascends to Pharaoh and forms the XXIst Dynasty.
Predictions and Events for the 2020s #4
According to a 2008 report released by the National Intelligence Council, the United States will experience the relative decline of its economic and military power, driven both by the rise of new behemoths such as China, India, and the EU and by domestic constraints on its global leadership.
2014 Hong Kong protests
Protests erupted in Hong Kong after proposed new electoral reforms prompted concerns of growing mainland Chineseinfluence in the politics of the island.