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The BBC begins transmitting the world's first public television service.

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Beginning of Time

2004

Triggered undersea by one of the largest earthquakes recorded on a seismograph, the Indian Ocean tsunami kills some 225,000 people in 14 countries.

Present Day

Note: BCE means that the date is the number of years before the current era (CE/AD).
c. is short for 'circa' and indicates that the date is considered approximate.

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