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Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people.- 2015At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.
- 2014The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination.
- 2007Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.