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YEAR IN 60 SECONDS - RESEARCH CHART EVENT DESCRIPTIONS (What is the event? What RESEARCH SOURCES (Where did you learn happened? Where did it take place?) about the event?)
The Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, California. Best Movie Award went to ___________________.
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February 15
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April 15
A meteor explodes over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,491 people and damaging over 4,300 buildings. It is the most powerful meteor to strike Earth's atmosphere in over a century. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is elected the 266th pope. He decides to take the name Francis and becomes the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere. Two bombs explode during the Boston Marathon leaving 3 dead and 264 injured. Flash floods and landslides in the Indian states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh kill more than 5,700 people and trap more than 20,000. EVENT DESCRIPTIONS (What is the event? What happened? Where did it take place?)
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June 14-30
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September 23
Historic Christian Church Destroyed by Taliban. Two suicide bombers linked to the Taliban attack the All Saints Church in Peshawar, killing more than 80 people and destroying the historic church. It is the deadliest attack against Christians in Pakistan's history.
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October 21
Two Dead, Two Injured in Nevada School Shooting. tinyurl.com/ocxxs8c At Sparks Middle School in Nevada, a middle-school student shoots and kills Michael Landsberry, a math teacher. The student then shoots himself in front of other students.
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November 8
December 5
Typhoon Haiyan "Yolanda", one of the strongest tropical cyclones on record, hits the Philippines and Vietnam, causing devastation with at least 6,129 dead. Nelson Mandela dies at the age of 95 on December 5th.
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