What happened in 2026?
199 recorded events in 2026, including 139 in people, 30 in sports & entertainment and 10 in disasters & pandemics.
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Wars & Conflicts 8
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Fall of Aden
2026 battle in Aden, Yemen
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January 2026 Aleppo clashes
Clashes between the SDF and the Syrian government
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Battle of Bint Jbeil
2026 battle
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Battle of Barah
2026 battle
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Battle of Khiam
Battle during the 2026 Lebanon War
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Second Battle of Dilling
2026 battle
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Battle of Haddatha
2026 battle
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Battle of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah
Battle during the 2026 Lebanon War
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People 139
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Helene Ahrweiler died
Greek/French Byzantinist (1926-2026)
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Anthony James Leggett died
British physicist (1938–2026)
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Susan George died
American and French political and social scientist, activist and writer (1934-2026)
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Uri Lupoliansky died
Israeli politician
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Chuck Norris died
American martial artist and action actor (1940–2026)
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Robert Duvall died
American actor and director (1931–2026)
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Sam Neill died
New Zealand actor (1947–2026)
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Catherine O'Hara died
Canadian-American actress (1954–2026)
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Jacques Revel died
French historian (1942-2026)
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Jean-Pierre Escalettes died
French football executive (1935-2026)
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André Santini died
French politician (1940–2026)
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Yves-Marie Bercé died
French historian (1936-2026)
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Ali Fassi-Fihri died
Moroccan civil servant and business executive (1955–2026)
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Alain Roux died
French historian
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Joan Viñas i Salas died
Catalan university teacher
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Hélène Mouchard-Zay died
French academic and writer (1940–2026)
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Philippe Lazar died
Researcher
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Susumu Tonegawa died
Japanese biologist, neuroscientist (1939–2026)
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Rudolph A. Marcus died
Canadian-American chemist (1923-2026)
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J. Michael Bishop died
American immunologist and microbiologist who specialized in cancer research
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Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi died
Engineer and politician (1972–2026)
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Tony Hoare died
British computer scientist
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Louis E. Brus died
American chemist (1943–2026)
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Gladys West died
American mathematician (1930–2026)
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Heisuke Hironaka died
Japanese mathematician
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Paul R. Ehrlich died
American biologist and environmentalist (1932–2026)
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Ali Shamkhani died
Iranian naval officer and politician (1955–2026)
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Michael O. Rabin died
Israeli computer scientist
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Salih Muslim died
Syrian Kurdish leader
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Leoš Šimánek died
Czech writer and explorer
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Aryeh Stern died
Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem
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Shoshana Strook died
Daughter of Orit Strook (1987–2026)
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Noelia Castillo Ramos died
Spanish young woman who received euthanasia in 2026
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Maureen Duffy died
British novelist, poet, playwright, nonfiction author, activist
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Sevgül Uludağ died
Turkish Cypriot journalist, writer, activist
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Marjan Minnesma died
Dutch activist
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Soli Philander died
South African actor
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Jacopo Camagni died
Italian comic book artist (1977–2026)
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M Hafizuddin Khan died
Bangladeshi politician
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Beatrice Lumpkin died
American union organizer, activist, professor, and writer
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Shirley Raines died
American makeup artist and activist
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H. K. Edgerton died
American activist
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Jiří Wolf died
Czech political activist (1952-2026)
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Zdena Mašínová Jr. died
Czechoslovak political prisoner
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Ronnie Eldridge died
American politician (1931-2026)
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Paul Schwartz died
President of the Jewish Community of Bucharest, Romania
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Ben Morea died
American artist and activist (1941-2026)
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Brenda Travis died
African American veteran of the Civil Rights Movement
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Jools Topp died
New Zealand musician and comedian (1958–2026)
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Patrick Sookhdeo died
British activist
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Asha Bhosle died
Indian playback singer (1933–2026)
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James Van Der Beek died
American actor (1977–2026)
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Eric Dane died
American actor (1972–2026)
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Nathalie Baye died
French actress (1948–2026)
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Sonny Rollins died
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–2026)
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Moya Brennan died
Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist (1952–2026)
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Ann Blyth died
American actress (1927–2026)
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Mario Adorf died
German actor and writer (1930–2026)
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Neil Sedaka died
American singer (1939–2026)
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Anthony Head died
English actor (1954–2026)
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Valerie Perrine died
American actress (1943-2026)
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Alexander Kluge died
German writer, philosopher, academic and film director (1932–2026)
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Nicholas Brendon died
American actor (1971–2026)
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Robert Carradine died
American actor (1954–2026)
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James Tolkan died
American actor (1931–2026)
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Phil Campbell died
Welsh guitarist (1961–2026)
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Tom Noonan died
American actor, director, and screenwriter (1951-2026)
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Peter Duesberg died
German-American molecular biologist (born 1936)
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Robert Trivers died
American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist
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Nexhat Daci died
Kosovan politician
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Hermano da Silva Ramos died
Racecar driver
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Edith M. Flanigen died
American chemist
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Hiroki Kosai died
Japanese astronomer
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Cleve Moler died
American mathematician specializing in numerical analysis (1939 - 2026)
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Antonino Zichichi died
Italian nuclear physicist (1929-2026)
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Madhav Gadgil died
Indian ecologist, writer, environmental activist
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Juris Upatnieks died
Latvian-American physicist and inventor (born 1936), one of the inventors of the hologram
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Mary-Dell Chilton died
American biologist (1939–2026)
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Hessy Levinsons Taft died
German-Jewish model and chemist (1934–2026)
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Herman Chernoff died
American statistician
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Igal Talmi died
Israeli nuclear physicist
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David McKinley died
American politician
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Marie Bashir died
Australian governor, educator and psychiatrist (1930–2026)
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David Sklansky died
American professional poker player and author
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Francesco Calogero died
Italian physicist and peace activist (1935-2026)
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Philippe Morillon died
French MEP and general
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Josefina Castellví died
Spanish women scientist, biologist, oceanographer and writer
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David Botstein died
American biologist
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Andrzej Trautman died
Polish physicist
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Antonio Becerra Gaytán died
Mexican politician (1933–2026)
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Deirdre Milne died
New Zealand community advocate
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Patricia Pak Poy died
Humanitarian
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Ruby Duncan died
American welfare rights activist and organizer for the poor in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Abdullah Ibrahim died
South African pianist and composer (1934–2026)
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Country Joe McDonald died
American musician (1942–2026)
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Anne Schedeen died
American actress
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Kirsti Sparboe died
Norwegian singer and actress (1946–2026)
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Peabo Bryson died
American singer (1951—2026)
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Louise Lasser died
American actress
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Tom Kane died
American voice actor (1962-2026)
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Michael Byrne died
British actor
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Mary Beth Hurt died
American stage and film actress
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Dick Parry died
British musician (1942-2026)
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Bob Weir died
American musician; member of the Grateful Dead (1947–2026)
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Kaylee Hottle died
American actress (2008–2026)
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Imrich Bugár died
Czechoslovak discus thrower
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Willie Colón died
American musician
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Chip Taylor died
American songwriter
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Bud Cort died
American actor
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Zeudi Araya died
Eritrean actress, singer and film producer
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Claudine Longet died
French singer (1942–2026)
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José van Dam died
Belgian bass-baritone opera singer (1940–2026)
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Vijaya Mehta died
Indian actress
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Donald Gibb died
American actor (1954-2026)
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Jana Brejchová died
Czech actress (1940–2026)
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Michael Tilson Thomas died
American conductor, pianist and composer
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Brad Arnold died
American singer (1978–2026)
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Victor Willis died
American singer (1951–2026)
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Ota Zaremba died
Czech weightlifter (1957–2026)
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Ralph Towner died
American musician
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Ross the Boss died
American guitarist (1954-2026)
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Dave Mason died
British musician (1946–2026)
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Freddy Cannon died
American rock and roll singer (1936–2026)
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James Handy died
American actor (1945–2026)
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Helmuth Rilling died
German choral conductor (1933–2026)
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Wolfgang Behrendt died
East German boxer
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Colette Flesch died
Luxembourgish politician (1937-2026)
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David Allan Coe died
American country musician
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Giorgia Moll died
Italian actress
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Akihiro Miwa died
Japanese singer, actor, drag queen, director, composer and author (1935–2026)
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Jack Taylor died
American actor
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Patrick Muldoon died
American actor (1968–2026)
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Lyudmila Chursina died
Soviet-Russian actress (1941–2026)
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Penelope Keith died
English actress (1940–2026)
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Angelica Domröse died
German actress (1941–2026)
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Charles Cioffi died
American actor
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Gemma Cuervo died
Spanish actress
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Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi died
Died in Zintan. Engineer and politician (1972–2026).
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Paul R. Ehrlich died
Died in Palo Alto. American biologist and environmentalist (1932–2026).
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Science & Technology 1
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Adelaide University
Public university in South Australia
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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sinking of IRIS Dena
2026 torpedo attack
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Religion & Belief Systems 1
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Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple Berlin
Hindu temple in Berlin, Germany
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Disasters & Pandemics 10
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2026 Mindanao earthquake
Magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Philippines
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2026 Sanriku earthquake
Earthquake in north Japan
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2026 Kenya floods
Natural disaster in Kenya
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2026 Namhkam Township explosion
Explosion in Myanmar op 31 mei 2026
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2026 Guerrero earthquake
Earthquake in Mexico
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2026 Pacitan earthquake
Earthquake in Java, Indonesia 2026
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2026 New Glenn rocket explosion
Explosion of a Blue Origin rocket in 2026
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2026 Iwate earthquake
Earthquake in Japan
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2026 Lake Tahoe avalanche
Deadly avalanche in the Sierra Nevada, California, in February 2026
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2026 Santa Cruz earthquake
Earthquake in northern California
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Social Movements & Revolutions 7
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Flamingo Revolution
Protests against a proposed tourism development project in southern Albania from May 2026 on
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2026 Delhi Jantar Mantar protests
Protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party in Delhi
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2026 attack on the United States consulate in Karachi
Attack in Pakistan
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June 2026 Indonesian protests
A series of ongoing student-led demonstrations against government regulations in Indonesia
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2026 Ugandan protests
2026 Ugandan protests (Social Movements & Revolutions).
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2026 Maldivian protests
Series of anti-government protests in the Maldives
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2026 Azad Kashmir protests
Ongoing protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
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Architecture & Engineering 2
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Highmark Stadium
Stadium in Orchard, New York
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New Nissan Stadium
Future NFL stadium
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Sports & Entertainment 30
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2026 World Figure Skating Championships
Figure skating competition
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2026 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)
Track cycling championship
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2026 State of Origin series
Australian rugby league series
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2025–26 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
2025–26 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup Cape Town, South Africa
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2026 Grand Prix of Long Beach
Indycar race held in Long Beach, California
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Liberation Weekend II
2026 music festival in Washington, D.C.
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2026 Judo Grand Slam Lausanne
Judo competition
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2026 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
132nd staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship, held from July to October 2026.
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2026 Cannes Film Festival
79th film festival edition
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2026 IIHF World Championship
2026 edition of the IIHF World Championship (Top Division, Men)
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2026 World Snooker Championship
Professional snooker tournament
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76th Berlin International Film Festival
2026 film festival edition
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2026 UEFA Women's Champions League final
Football match
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Sanremo Music Festival 2026
76th edition of Italian annual festival
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2026 FA Community Shield
Football match
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2026 IIHF World U18 Championships
2026 edition of the IIHF World U18 Championships
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2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship
International youth ice hockey tournament
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2026 Copa del Rey final
Football match
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83rd Venice International Film Festival
2026 film festival edition
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2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
Field hockey championship edition
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2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championships
International athletics championship event
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Benidorm Fest 2026
Fifht edition of Benidorm Fest
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Coachella 2026
Music festival in California, U.S
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2026 World Seniors Championship
Snooker tournament
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2026 World Rowing Championships
International rowing event
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2026 State of Origin series
Australian rugby league series
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2026 Thomas & Uber Cup
Badminton championships
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2026 Russian Cup final
Football match
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2026 World Women's Snooker Championship
Snooker tournament
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60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
60th KVIFF
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