1895 – France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar
1924 – Allies stop monitoring the German navy
1944 – Calais reoccupied by the Allies
1989 – NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii and Ascension
2004 – The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo
2005 – Parliament of Catalonia passes with over 120 votes in favor and 15 against the Project of the New Catalan Statute of Autonomy, proclaiming in its article 1 “Catalonia is a nation”
2021 – Former UK policeman Wayne Couzens is given a rare life sentence for raping and killing Sarah Everard, with the judge saying his crime is as bad as a terrorist atrocity
2024 – Montana man is sentenced to six months in prison for illegally using large Marco Polo sheep tissue and testicles to clone giant hybrid sheep for trophy hunting