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The World Health Organization declared the Western African Ebola epidemic, which began in December 2013, to be a public health emergency of international concern.- 2024Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.
- 2023Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of wildfires break out on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
- 2022The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.