Chinese leader and Taiwanese president, Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou, formally meet, the first time any leader of their respective countries met since 1949.
History
1820 AD
The Arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar.
Papal conclave, 2013
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected as the first pope from the Americas; he takes the papal nameFrancis.
Nigerian general election, 2015
Sunday, 29 March 2015
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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
Monday, 12 December 2016
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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.
2014 Hong Kong protests
Friday, 26 September 2014
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Protests erupted in Hong Kong after proposed new electoral reforms prompted concerns of growing mainland Chineseinfluence in the politics of the island.