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2021

The cargo ship Ever Given is stuck in the Suez Canal in Egypt. This 400-meter-long mega-ship is completely blocking the shipping lane.

2020

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for an immediate global ceasefire to combat COVID-19.

2004

Usher releases his fourth studio album, Confessions (2004, Billboard’s Album of the Year, winner of the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album).

2001

The Russian space station Mir re-enters the atmosphere before crashing into the South Pacific Ocean near the Fiji Islands.

1972

The film “The Concert for Bangladesh,” featuring George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton, premieres in New York. It is the first major benefit concert in history.

1956

Pakistan becomes the world’s first Islamic Republic.

1945

The Battle of Okinawa begins. The U.S. Navy bombs the Japanese island of Okinawa in preparation for an invasion. It is the largest battle in the Pacific during World War II.