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*<!--7 Feb--> [[Paul Gauguin|Gauguin]]'s work '''''[[When Will You Marry?]]''''' sells for $300m (£197m), the [[List of most expensive paintings|highest known price ever paid for any painting]]. |
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*<!--3 Feb--> At least 40 people are killed when '''[[TransAsia Airways Flight 235]]''' ''(aircraft pictured)'' crashes shortly after takeoff from [[Taipei Songshan Airport]], Taiwan. |
*<!--3 Feb--> At least 40 people are killed when '''[[TransAsia Airways Flight 235]]''' ''(aircraft pictured)'' crashes shortly after takeoff from [[Taipei Songshan Airport]], Taiwan. |
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*<!--2 Feb--> In [[American football]], the [[New England Patriots]] defeat the [[Seattle Seahawks]] to win the '''[[Super Bowl XLIX|Super Bowl]]'''. |
*<!--2 Feb--> In [[American football]], the [[New England Patriots]] defeat the [[Seattle Seahawks]] to win the '''[[Super Bowl XLIX|Super Bowl]]'''. |
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Revision as of 22:11, 8 February 2015
- Gauguin's work When Will You Marry? sells for $300m (£197m), the highest known price ever paid for any painting.
- At least 40 people are killed when TransAsia Airways Flight 235 (aircraft pictured) crashes shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan.
- In American football, the New England Patriots defeat the Seattle Seahawks to win the Super Bowl.
- The Australian Open tennis tournament concludes with Serena Williams winning the women's singles and Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles.
- Sergio Mattarella is elected President of Italy.
- In association football, the AFC Asian Cup concludes with host nation Australia defeating South Korea in the final.
- Attacks by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, kill 32 people.
Ongoing:
Boko Haram – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – War in Ukraine
Recent deaths:
Dean Smith – Charlie Sifford – Richard von Weizsäcker
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