Longtime Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, was indicted for allegedly paying for sex with an underage nightclub dancer, and ordered to stand trial. Berlusconi resigned in November and Mario Monti was appointed Prime Minister and held the office until 2013.
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Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2015
Sunday, 6 December 2015
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The PSUV lost its majority in the National Assembly of Venezuela to the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable, marking the first time since 1999 that the PSUV lost its majority.
1671 AD
German mathematician-philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, recognised as one of the founding fathers of calculus, designs a calculating machine called the Step Reckoner.
Peruvian general election, 2011
Sunday, 5 June 2011
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Ollanta Humala, was elected president of Peru.
844 AD
The Picts are defeated by Kenneth MacAlpine (King of the Scots) and a new unified Scotland is established.
Abdication of Juan Carlos I of Spain
Thursday, 19 June 2014
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King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicated in favour of his son, Felipe VI.