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1923 – 2016Shimon Peres (1923-2016)Died 28 September 2016, aged 93Peres served twice as Prime Minister of Israel and later as its President, holding nearly every senior office in Israeli government over a seven-decade career. He shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the Oslo Accords. He remained an active statesman into his nineties.
2016Hurricane MatthewCategory 5 storm devastates HaitiHurricane Matthew, a powerful Category 5 storm, struck Haiti, Cuba, and the southeastern United States, killing over 500 people, mostly in Haiti. It was the strongest Atlantic hurricane in nearly a decade at its peak. The storm caused widespread flooding and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti.