2015 | Today in history: Pakistan reinstates the death penalty for all crimes, extending a previous reinstatement only for terrorism cases; the country has had a moratorium on capital punishment since 2008 but lifted it after terrorist attacks in December 2014 |
2014 | The world’s largest banana company is created as the Irish fruit company Fyffes merges with U.S. company Chiquita; the new company, ChiquitaFyffes, will trade on the New York Stock Exchange |
2014 | Kim Jong Un is re-elected as leader of North Korea with 100% of the vote; the election was the first since the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011 |
2013 | South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela is released from the hospital after having “successful” medical tests; prior reports stated he was hospitalized for a routine checkup |
2013 | Falkland Island residents complete the first day of a two day sovereignty referendum, determining whether the islands should remain a British overseas territory |
2012 | French comic artist Jean Giraud, creator of ‘Blueberry’ and numerous influential science-fiction comics, dies at 73 |
2012 | U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins caucuses in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Wyoming |
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