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Free Burma

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1 Apr 2006 Clifford Pier is closed to shipping
7 May 2006 PAP returned to Power
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21 Dec 2006 Great Thomson Road flood
29 Dec 2006 Neptune Restaurant closed after 34 years
18 Apr 2007 First BYOBD
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8 Dec 2007 Eastern Coastal Park Connector Launched
9 Jan 2008 Changi Airport Terminal 3 starts operations
9 Jan 2008 First bilingual mass circulation Newspaper (MyPaper) launched
8 Feb 2008 Ah Meng, Singapore's iconic Orang Utan and Ambassador Par Excellence, dies, aged 48
21 Feb 2008 The IOC chooses Singapore to host the Inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2010
1 Mar 2008 The Singapore Flyer starts commercial operations
10 May 2008 Alexandra Arch and Henderson Waves officially opened
23 May 2008 ICJ rules that Pedra Branca belongs to Singapore
14 Jun 2008 National Stadium holds its last event, again (Olympic Qualifier btw Sing and S.Arabia), if you believe the Singapore sports officials, that is
15 Aug 2008 Singapore wins first Olympic Medal (Women's Table Tennis Silver) in 48 Years
28 Sep 2008 F. Alonso wins the inaugural Singapore Formula 1 race, the first ever held at night
30 Sep 2008 Veteran Opposition politician, J.B. Jeyeratnam, dies, aged 81
22 Jan 2009 Singapore government announces largest budget ever - S$20.5 billion, to deal with its worst recession to date
1 May 2009 Orange alert activated against Influenza A (H1NI) aka Swine Flu
20 May 2009 First ever Singapore woman's team conquers Mount Everest
26 May 2009 First Swine Flu (Influenza A H1N1) case in Singapore
28 May 2009 The Circle Line begins Operations
29 Jun 2009 The Inaugural Asian Youth Games begin
18 Aug 2009 Tunnel boring for MRT Circle Line completed
9 Oct 2009 Nets Flashpay Card, the 1st alternative to the EZ-Link card for payment on public buses & trains, is launched.
20 Jan 2010 Sentosa Integrated Resorts opens
14 Feb 2010 Singapore's first Resort Casino opens at 12:18pm on Sentosa Island
18 Mar 2010 Universal Studios Theme Park opens for business at 8:28am on Sentosa Island
27 Apr 2010 Marina Bay Sands (mostly the Casino only) opens for business at 3:18pm
14 May 2010 Goh Keng Swee, Architect of Modern Singapore, dies, aged 91
16 Jun 2010 Great Orchard Road Flood
24 Jun 2010 Marina Bay Sands Officially Opened
24 Jun 2010 Marina Bay Sands Skypark opens to the public
14 Aug 2010 Singapore Hosts the World's First Youth Olympic Games
29 Sep 2010 Demolition of the National Stadium begun
2 Oct 2010 Mr Lee Kuan Yew's wife, Mdm Kwa Geok Choo, dies, aged 89
7 May 2011 Singapore 2011 General Elections Polling Day
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8 May 2011 Opposition Party wins a GRC for the first time
15 May 2011 MM Lee Kuan Yew announces his retirement from government Cabinet
28 May 2011 Universal Studios Singapore officially opens for business
30 Jun 2011 KTM Train services cease at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station.
27 Aug 2011 Tony Tan Keng Yam elected the 7th President of Singapore
8 Oct 2011 The entire MRT Circle Line starts operations
16 Dec 2011 SMRT Train worst breakdown in 24 years
29 Jun 2012 Gardens by the Bay opens to the public
2 Aug 2012 Feng Tian Wei wins a bronze Olympic medal for Singapore in Table Tennis, after a 52-year wait
26 Sep 2012 SMRT's China Chinese drivers go on strike, the first such industrial action since 1986
23 Feb 2013 Uber launches its ride-hailing service in Singapore
8 Dec 2013 Indian & Bangladeshi foreigners riot at Little India - a first after 40 years
23 Mar 2015 Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first Prime Minister, dies, age 91
4 Jul 2015 Singapore Botanic Gardens declared UNESCO World Heritage Site
7 Jul 2015 SMRT suffers worst breakdown
9 Aug 2015 Singapore celebrates its Golden Jubilee
11 Sep 2015 Singapore holds its 13th General Election
12 Sep 2015 PAP returned to power in landslide victory
25 Sep 2015 All Primary and Secondary Schools closed because of the haze caused by forest fires from Indonesia
13 Aug 2016 Singaporean Joseph Schoolings wins the 100-metre butterfly swimming finals at the Rio Olympics 2016. This is Singapore's first gold medal in any Olympic Games
1 Sep 2017 Today newspaper goes fully digital
14 Sep 2017 Halimah Yacob elected 8th President of Singapore - Singapore's first female President
12 Jun 2018 Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore
7 May 2018 Uber stops operations in Singapore
18 Aug 2018 Sengkang General Hospital opens
2 Jan 2019 Analogue TV transmission ceases
10 Jan 2019 Go-Jek launched in Singapore
1 Jun 2019 Starhub ceases cable-TV service, switches to fibre
9 Aug 2019 Singapore celebrates its bicentennial
23 Jan 2020 Singapore's first confirmed case of COVID-19
March-May 2020 Singapore spends S$93 billion in 4 budgets to deal with COVID-19
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April 2020 PAP returned to power with a reduced majority of 61.24%
11 July 2020 Workers Party wins 2 GRCs - the 1st since Independence

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