RIO 2016
Time: Friday Aug 5, 2016
Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Details: Phelps was chosen to be the American flag bearer at the opening ceremony, which was the first Olympic opening ceremony that he would attend.
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Friday Sep 20, 1929 - Brazil
Brazilian Revolution of 1930-Ending The Old Republic
Saturday Nov 1, 1930 at 03:00:00 PM - Brazil
Brazilian Revolution of 1930-Forming The Joint Government
Friday Oct 24, 1930 - Brazil
Brazilian Revolution of 1930-The Elections were Held
Saturday Mar 1, 1930 - Brazil
Brazilian Revolution of 1930-Terminating The Unpreparedness of The Lieutenants To Govern
1932 - Brazil
Brazilian Revolution of 1930-The Conspiracy Suffered a Setback
Jun, 1930 - Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro-Released from the hospital
Saturday Sep 29, 2018 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Michael Phelps-Career ended
Saturday Aug 13, 2016 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ciro Immobile-First (unofficial) international hat-trck
Sunday Jun 8, 2014 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ronaldinho-Retirement
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018 - Brazil
Kaká-Sidewalk of fame
Tuesday Oct 14, 2008 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro-City Councillor
1988 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lionel Messi-Argentina has Fallen
Sunday Jul 13, 2014 - Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pelé-Pele's International debut
Sunday Jul 7, 1957 - Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lionel Messi-Gold in the land of Silver "first major international title"
Saturday Jul 10, 2021 - Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ronaldinho-Fluminense
Saturday Jul 11, 2015 - Laranjeiras, near to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pelé-Last International Match
Sunday Jul 18, 1971 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ronaldinho-Flamengo
Tuesday Jan 11, 2011 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lula da Silva-Cesare Battisti
Sunday Mar 18, 2007 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
On This Day - 5 August
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)-Emperor Guangwu of Han took the title emperor
Tuesday Aug 5, 25 - Luoyang, China
Mamluks-Al-Malik al-Ashraf was was the Mamluk sultan from August 1341
Saturday Aug 5, 1341 - Cairo, Egypt
Ottoman Empire-Siege of Güns
Friday Aug 5, 1532 - Austria, and Hungary
Ottoman Empire-Fall of Famagusta
Thursday Aug 5, 1571 - Famagusta, Cyprus
Mozart-Composing his first two symphonies
Sunday Aug 5, 1764 - 180 Ebury Street, London, United Kingdom
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson-Johnson suspended Stanton
Monday Aug 5, 1867 - U.S.
World War 1-Central Powers Captured Warsaw
Thursday Aug 5, 1915 - Warsaw, Poland
Red Summer-Lexington incident
Tuesday Aug 5, 1919 - Lexington, Nebraska, U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Birth
Tuesday Aug 5, 1930 - Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S.
Hirohito-The Deputy Minister of the Japanese Army instructed not to use the term "prisoners of war" for Chinese captives
Wednesday Aug 5, 1931 - Tokyo, Japan
Communist insurgency in Sarawak-First known Sarawak Communist Organisation operation
Tuesday Aug 5, 1952 - Batu Kitang, Malaysia
Frank Sinatra-The Remarkable Career Revival
Wednesday Aug 5, 1953 - U.S.
Christmas Island-The Media Statement of The Minister For Territories
Friday Aug 5, 1960 - Christmas Island
Nelson Mandela-Police captured Mandela
Sunday Aug 5, 1962 - Howick, South Africa
Martin Luther King-Chicago open housing movement
Friday Aug 5, 1966 - Chicago, U.S.
Bosnian War-NATO aircraft attacked a target within the Sarajevo Exclusion Zone
Friday Aug 5, 1994 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kaká-Left knee injury
Thursday Aug 5, 2010 - Madrid, Spain
Jeff Bezos-The Washington Post
Monday Aug 5, 2013 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
Kevin Hart-Hart was sentenced to three years of probation
Monday Aug 5, 2013 - U.S.
Hong Kong independence-Hong Kong pro-independence activists launched a rally
Friday Aug 5, 2016 - Hong Kong, China
Lula da Silva-2018 presidential campaign
Sunday Aug 5, 2018 - São Paulo, Brazil
Lionel Messi-Barcelona announced that Messi would not be staying at the club
Thursday Aug 5, 2021 - Barcelona, Spain
5 August 2016
Hong Kong independence-Hong Kong pro-independence activists launched a rally
Friday Aug 5, 2016 - Hong Kong, China
August 2016
Xiaomi-Xiaomi entered Bangladesh
Monday Aug 1, 2016 - Bangladesh
Uber-Didi Chuxing (formerly Didi Kuaidi), the dominant player in China's ridesharing market, agrees to buy Uber China
Monday Aug 1, 2016 - China
Samsung-Unveiling The Galaxy Note7
Tuesday Aug 2, 2016 - Seoul, South Korea
Warren Buffett-Buffett Challenged Trump
Monday Aug 1, 2016 - U.S.
Nintendo-Selling stakes for $640 million
Aug, 2016 - New York, U.S.
Oppo-The Oppo F1
Tuesday Aug 2, 2016 - Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Hong Kong independence-Hong Kong pro-independence activists launched a rally
Friday Aug 5, 2016 - Hong Kong, China
Zara-Child labor
Sunday Aug 7, 2016 - Turkey
Kevin Hart-What Now? Tour
Sunday Aug 7, 2016 - Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Lionel Messi-Return from the international retirement
Friday Aug 12, 2016 - Argentina
Michael Phelps-Career ended
Saturday Aug 13, 2016 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kevin Hart-Hart and Eniko Parrish
Saturday Aug 13, 2016 - Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Billie Eilish-Interscope Records
Aug, 2016 - Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Uber-The cars are modified version of the Volvo sports utility vehicle equipped with Uber's technology for self-driving
Thursday Aug 18, 2016 - U.S.
Ciro Immobile-Lazio debut
Sunday Aug 21, 2016 - Rome, Italy
Joe Biden-Biden visited Serbia
Aug, 2016 - Serbia
Bitcoin-Bitcoin Core 0.13.0 which was released
Tuesday Aug 23, 2016 - U.S. and Worldwide
Colombian conflict-The Definitive Accord
Wednesday Aug 24, 2016 - Colombia
Nancy Pelosi-Obscene and sick calls, voice mails and text messages
Aug, 2016 - U.S.
Emmanuel Macron-Resignation from the government
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016 - France
Conflict in Myanmar-The Union Peace Conference
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016 - Myanmar
Nintendo-Super Mario Run
Aug, 2016 - Kyoto, Japan
2016
Amancio Ortega-60% of Inditex
2016 - A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Virtual reality-HTC Vive
2016 - Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge-Hacksaw Ridge
2016 - U.S.
Prince William-Royal ranks
Friday Jan 1, 2016 - London, United Kingdom
Tesla, Inc.-The world's top selling plug-in car
2016 - U.S.
Rosa Parks-Rosa's Detroit House was Partly Restored
2016 - Berlin, Germany
Papa John's Pizza-Papa John's Started Operating In Spain
2016 - Spain
Google LLC-Google Reached a Settlement with the UK
Jan, 2016 - UK
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex-Political action
2016 - U.S.
Sofia Kenin-Playing in the junior tour in 2016
2016 - U.S.
Andrew Yang-VFA Documentry
2016 - U.S.
DC Comics-DC announced a line-wide relaunch titled DC Rebirth
2016 - U.S.
Banking Frauds and Hacks-Bangladesh Bank
2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook Released its Blueprints of Surround 360 Camera
2016 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Combating Fake News by Using Fact Checkers
2016 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-DJIA hits an all-time high of 18,873.6
2016 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Tesla, Inc.-The Tesla Semi Was First mentioned
2016 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Google LLC-Discontinuation The "Nexus" Branding
2016 - Mountain View, California, U.S.
League of Legends-New Loot System
2016 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Zinedine Zidane-The Manager of Real Madrid
Monday Jan 4, 2016 - Madrid, Spain
Netflix-Major international expansion
Jan, 2016 - Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Lionel Messi-Fifth Ballon d'Or
Monday Jan 11, 2016 - France
Elizabeth Holmes-Theranos directed some irregularitie
Jan, 2016 - California, United States
Xerox-Own publicly-traded company
Jan, 2016 - U.S.
Netflix-Blocking VPNs
Jan, 2016 - U.S.
Ciro Immobile-Returning to Torino
Thursday Jan 14, 2016 - Turin, Italy
Kevin Hart-Ride Along 2
2016 - U.S.
IBM-A New Cloud Video Unit
2016 - U.S.
YouTube-YouTube expanded its headquarters in San Bruno
Jan, 2016 - San Bruno, California, U.S.
Java (programming language)-Plugin
Jan, 2016 - U.S.
The palace of Westminster England-Vacating the building for six years
2016 - London, England, United Kingdom
Dwayne Johnson-The New Day
Monday Jan 25, 2016 - Miami, Florida, U.S.
Donald Trump-$1 million research
2016 - U.S.
Donald Trump-Two women were paid for non-disclosure agreements regarding their alleged affairs with Trump
2016 - U.S.
Elon Musk-Tesla Shares
Friday Jan 29, 2016 - California, United States
Oppo-Similar to Oneplus
Jan, 2016 - Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Tesla, Inc.-Tesla battery cell costs
Feb, 2016 - U.S.
Hong Kong independence-Mong Kok civil unrest broke out between police and protesters
Monday Feb 8, 2016 - Mong Kok, China
Oppo-PBA smartphone partnership
Tuesday Feb 9, 2016 - Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-Young Minds
Feb, 2016 - Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
Qasem Soleimani-Offensive in Aleppo Governorate's northern countryside
Feb, 2016 - Syria
Elon Musk-Tesla.com
Feb, 2016 - California, United States
Black History Month-Virginia McLaurin in the White House
Sunday Feb 21, 2016 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Xiaomi-Mi 5 smartphone
Tuesday Feb 23, 2016 - Anningzhuang Rd, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Sepp Blatter-FIFA Reduce The Suspension
Wednesday Feb 24, 2016 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sooronbay Jeenbekov-The First Deputy Head of The Presidential Administration
Mar, 2016 - Kyrgyzstan
Microsoft-Microsoft announced The merger of its PC and Xbox Divisions
Tuesday Mar 1, 2016 - Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Lacoste-Opening a New Flagship Store In Budapest
Mar, 2016 - Budapest, Hungary
Uber-UberEATS app with all-day delivery launches in Los Angeles
Tuesday Mar 1, 2016 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Muhammad Yunus-He Was appointed To The High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth
Mar, 2016 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Oculus-Facebook Itegration
Mar, 2016 - California, United States
Lula da Silva-Brazilian authorities raided Lula's home
Friday Mar 4, 2016 - Brazil
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-World Trade Center station (PATH)
Thursday Mar 3, 2016 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Xiaomi-Redmi Note 3 launch in India
Tuesday Mar 8, 2016 - Anningzhuang Rd, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Chumlee-Chumlee's home was raided
Wednesday Mar 9, 2016 - Nevada, U.S.
Chumlee-First appearance in court
Friday Mar 11, 2016 - U.S.
Bolivarian Revolution-The International Policy Digest
Monday Mar 14, 2016 - Venezuela
Uber-UberEATS launches in Chicago, Houston, and San Francisco
Tuesday Mar 15, 2016 - Chicago, Houston and San Francisco
Google LLC-Google announced The Introduction of Google Analytics 360 Suite
Tuesday Mar 15, 2016 - Mountain View, California, U.S.
Billie Eilish-music video for "Ocean Eyes"
Mar, 2016 - U.S.
Visa Inc.-The agreement was amended in response to the feedback of European Commission
Monday Mar 21, 2016 - Europe
Johan Cruyff-Death
Thursday Mar 24, 2016 - Barcelona, Spain
Donald Trump-Trump was poised to win the Republican nomination
Mar, 2016 - U.S.
Hong Kong independence-Hong Kong National Party
Monday Mar 28, 2016 - Hong Kong, China
Oculus-Oculus Rift Release
Monday Mar 28, 2016 - California, U.S.
Tesla, Inc.-Tesla unveiled (Model 3)
Thursday Mar 31, 2016 - U.S.
Ford-A Ten-Year Building Project
Apr, 2016 - Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
BMW-The ReachNow car-sharing service
Apr, 2016 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-WrestleMania 32
Sunday Apr 3, 2016 - Arlington, Texas, U.S.
Reddit-Reddit launches a new blocking tool
Apr, 2016 - San Francisco, California, United States
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal participated in his first ever match
Apr, 2016 - Arlington, Texas, U.S.
Black Friday-"Jour XXL" (XXL day) instead of Black Friday
2016 - France
Black Friday-Total spending on online retail sites on Black Friday 2016 was £1.23bn
2016 - United Kingdom
Tesla, Inc.-Tesla reported over 325,000 reservations
Thursday Apr 7, 2016 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Hong Kong independence-Demosistō
Sunday Apr 10, 2016 - Hong Kong China
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-India and Bhutan
Apr, 2016 - Asia
Kevin Hart-Hart co-hosted the 2016 MTV Movie Awards with Dwayne Johnson
Sunday Apr 10, 2016 - California, U.S.
Uber-Uber launches in Buenos Aires
Tuesday Apr 12, 2016 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Facebook, Inc.-Zuckerberg Outlined His 10 Year Vision
Tuesday Apr 12, 2016 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-The last game
Tuesday Apr 12, 2016 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Sooronbay Jeenbekov-The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016 - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Bitcoin-Bitcoin Core 0.12.1 was released
Friday Apr 15, 2016 - U.S. and Worldwide
IBM-A 14-year Low
Apr, 2016 - U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-2016 Ecuador Earthquake
Saturday Apr 16, 2016 - Ecuador
Anna May Wong-The Fortunes
2016 - United Kingdom
Prince Charles-Charles appeared In a Comedy Sketch
Saturday Apr 23, 2016 - The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Reddit-Reddit released The Official App and the iOS App Store
2016 - San Francisco, California, United States
Nokia-Nokia announced its intent to acquire Withings
Tuesday Apr 26, 2016 - Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Nintendo-The NX information
Wednesday Apr 27, 2016 - Kyoto, Japan
Garry Kasparov-The Ultimate Blitz Challenge
Thursday Apr 28, 2016 - St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Narendra Damodardas Modi-Ujjwala scheme
Apr, 2016 - India
Uber-Uber and Lyft cease operations in Austin
Monday May 9, 2016 - Austin, Texas, U.S.
Xiaomi-Mi Max launch
Monday May 9, 2016 - Anningzhuang Rd, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Apple Inc.-Investing in DiDi
Thursday May 12, 2016 - Beijing, China
DC Comics-The new logo
Tuesday May 17, 2016 - U.S.
Nokia-Microsoft Mobile sold its Nokia-branded feature phone business to HMD Global
Wednesday May 18, 2016 - Espoo, Finland
Hachikō-The Reunion
Thursday May 19, 2016 - Japan
Angelina Jolie-A Visiting Professor
May, 2016 - London, England, United Kingdom
Chumlee-Chumlee was charged with 20 felony counts
Monday May 23, 2016 - U.S.
Bank of America-Intentional breach of contract
Monday May 23, 2016 - New York City, New York, U.S.