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Events by Year
| Feb | 11 | Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415. |
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| Mar | 13 | Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected as the new pope, taking the papal name Pope Francis. |
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| May | 16 | Human stem cells are successfully cloned. |
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| Oct | 16 | The United States ends its 16-day government shut down and avoids default in a bi-partisan deal in the Senate. |
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