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Gaza border protests start

A 6-week campaign composed of a series of protests was launched at the Gaza Strip, near the Gaza-Israel border. Called by Palestinian organizers the Great March of Return, the protests demanded that Palestinian refugees and their descendants be allowed to return to the land they were displaced from in what is now Israel. They were also protesting the blockade of the Gaza Strip and the moving of the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Elon Musk's SpaceX flies the world’s first reusable rocket

The first operational re-use of a previously-flown Falcon 9 booster was successfully accomplished in March 2017 with B1021 on the SES-10 mission after CRS-8 in April 2016. The booster landed a second time and was retired.

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother dies at 101

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was the wife of King George VI and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. She died in her sleep at the Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, at her bedside. She was the longest-lived member of the royal family in British history.

Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' sells for a record 22.5 million pounds

During an art auction at Christie's auction house, a record-setting amount was paid for van Gogh's Sunflowers. The painting was bought by Yasuo Goto, Japanese insurance magnate, for roughly $40 million. It was 4-times as high as the previous record. It was later speculated that the painting might be an Émile Schuffenecker forgery.

Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan

President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as they were leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Hinckley's motivation for the attack was to impress actress Jodie Foster, who had played the role of a child prostitute in the 1976 film Taxi Driver.

Margaret Thatcher hires Saatchi & Saatchi for breakthrough campaign

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global communications and advertising agency network with 140 offices in 76 countries and over 6,500 staff. Lord Bell was the company's first Media Director appointed in 1970. He was instrumental in the agency's strength of the relationship with Margaret Thatcher developed during their work on her 1979 and 1983 campaigns.

Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act

The British colonial officials in India passed the Rowlatt Act, to block Gandhi's movement of civil disobedience. The Act allowed the British government to treat civil disobedience participants as criminals. It extended. The legislation led to stricter control of the press, arrests without warrant, or indefinite detention without trial.

Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union

After the defeat of the Confederate States in the American Civil War, Texas was mandated to rejoin the United States of America. Although Texas did not meet all the formal requirements for readmission, United States Congress permitted Texas' representatives to take their seat in Congress.

US agrees with Russia to buy Alaska for $7.2 million

The Alaska Purchase was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire. The treaty was ratified by the US Senate and signed by President Andrew Johnson. Russia wanted to sell its Alaskan territory, fearing that it might be seized if war broke out with the United Kingdom.

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