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2021

The World Health Organization approves Sinopharm’s Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, the first to be manufactured by a non-Western country.

2019

Denver becomes the first city in the United States to decriminalize psilocybin, also known as “magic mushrooms.”

2018

Vladimir Putin is sworn in as Russian president for a six-year term.

2017

Emmanuel Macron wins the French presidential election, defeating Marine Le Pen, and becomes President of the Republic.

2011

“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” directed by Rob Marshall and starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz, premieres worldwide—its opening weekend grosses $350.6 million.

1998

Mercedes-Benz acquires Chrysler for $40 billion, forming DaimlerChrysler. This marks the largest merger in automotive history.

1992

The space shuttle Endeavour launches on its first mission.

Three employees at a McDonald’s restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, are murdered during a robbery. This is the first murder at a fast-food restaurant in Canada.