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Thursday, 02 July 2026

2010

The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people.

2008

Ingrid Betancourt, and 14 other hostages held by FARC guerrillas, are rescued by the Colombian armed forces.

2004

ASEAN Regional Forum accepts Pakistan as its 24th member.¨

2003

Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, insults German MP Martin Schulz by calling him a "kapo" during a session of the European Parliament.

2002

Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

2001

The AbioCor self contained artificial heart is first implanted.

2000

Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.

1993

37 participants in an Alevi cultural and literary festival were killed when a mob of demonstrators set fire to their hotel in Sivas during a violent protest.

1976

Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

1966

The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.

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