Саакашвили, Михаил Николаевич
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«ВКонта́кте» — российская социальная сеть со штаб-квартирой в Санкт-Петербурге. Запущена в 2006 году Павлом Дуровым.
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On This Day
10 событий2012
The Shard (pictured) in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 m (1,020 ft), but was surpassed by Moscow's Mercury City Tower four months later.
2009
A series of violent riots broke out in Ürümqi, the capital city of Xinjiang in China.
2009
The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items (examples pictured), was found near Hammerwich in Staffordshire.
2006
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting hours after North Korea reportedly tested at least seven ballistic missiles.
2004
Indonesia held its first direct presidential elections, which resulted in the election of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as President of Indonesia after the second round on September 20.
1990
An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Channelview, Texas, United States, killed 17 people and injured 5 others.
1989
United States National Security Council member Oliver North was given a suspended sentence, probation, and community service for his part in the Iran–Contra affair.
1973
Juvénal Habyarimana (pictured) orchestrated a bloodless coup d'état of the Rwandan government and began a totalitarian dictatorship.
1969
Two days after the death of their founder Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones performed at a free festival in Hyde Park, London, in front of more than a quarter of a million fans.
1954
Elvis Presley recorded his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.