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20202020Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani forces defeated the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh at the Battle of Shusha, reclaiming the town of Shusha after 28 years.Read the full history ↗- 2017The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
- 2013Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Visayas region of the Philippines, killing at least 6,300 people, making it the deadliest Philippine typhoon recorded in modern history.
- 1999German newspaper Der Spiegel publishes a report by the Federal Intelligence Service accusing figures in Liechtenstein of cooperating with organized crime.
- 1987A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing 12 people and injuring 63 others.
- 1974British peer Lord Lucan disappeared without a trace, a day after allegedly murdering Sandra Rivett, his children's nanny.
- 1971The English rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album, which became one of the best-selling albums worldwide.
- 1966Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke (pictured) became the first African American to be elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.