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2023

Tens of thousands of people died as a result of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6. The earthquake occurred 23 kilometers east of Nurdagi, Turkey, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It is one of the most powerful earthquakes to strike Turkey in over 100 years.

2020

American astronaut Christina Koch completes the longest continuous spaceflight by a woman after spending 328 days aboard the International Space Station and lands in Kazakhstan.

2019

Quadriga, Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is unable to access $145 million in Bitcoin assets after its CEO died with his access passwords.

2018

SpaceX launches the Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful ever built.

2014

Jay Leno hosts “The Tonight Show” for the last time.

1990

Brett Hull becomes the first son of an NHL 50-goal scorer to reach that milestone himself.

1971

NASA astronaut Alan B. Shepard uses a 6-iron to hit a golf ball on the Moon.

1968

The Xth Winter Olympic Games open in Grenoble, France.

1958

Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers die when their plane crashes in Munich.

George Harrison joins the band The Quarrymen. The other members of the band are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Len Garry, Eric Griffiths, and John Lowe.