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Wal-Mart buys e-retailer Jet.com for $3.3bn

It was announced that Walmart would acquire Jet.com for $3.3 billion - $3 billion in cash and up to $300 million in stock paid out over time to the founders and other selected individuals at the company. As of 2016 it ceased being an independent company, and is now a subsidiary of Walmart.

Russian troops invade Georgia

Following a period of worsening relations between Russia and Georgia, pro-Russian separatists broke ceasefire agreement from 1992. Georgian army arrived at the conflict zone to solve the problems. Russia immediately launched an invasion, accusing Georgia of aggression against South Ossetia. The war ended with the ceasefire agreement.

John McCarthy is freed

John Patrick McCarthy is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, and one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis. McCarthy was the United Kingdom's longest-held hostage in Lebanon, where he was a prisoner for more than five years.

Iraq occupies Kuwait

The Iraqi Army's occupation of Kuwait was met with international condemnation and brought immediate economic sanctions against Iraq by members of the UN Security Council. Together with the UK's prime minister Margaret Thatcher, George Bush deployed US forces into Saudi Arabia and urged other countries to send their own forces to the scene.

President Richard Nixon announces his resignation

In light of his loss of political support and the near-certainty that he would be impeached and removed, Nixon resigned the presidency, after addressing the nation on television the previous evening. Nixon chose to resign after realizing public opinion was not in his favor to remain in office.

Britain's 'Great Train Robbery'

The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train. After the robbery, the gang hid at Leatherslade Farm. After the police found this hideout, incriminating evidence led to the eventual arrest and conviction of most of the gang. The ringleaders were sentenced to 30 years in jail.

Battle of Amiens

The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy, was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which began in 1918, later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, that ultimately led to the end of the First World War.

Napoleon is exiled on St. Helena island

After Napoleon fled the island of Elba, he gathered an army that reached 200,000 men. Great Britain, Russia, Austria, and Vienna banded together to end his rule. He was ultimately defeated and exiled on the island of Saint Helena by the UK. He was moved to the Longwood House where he stayed until his death.

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