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Odyssey Number Five is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Powderfinger (lead guitarist Ian Haug pictured), produced by Nick DiDia and released on 4 September 2000. The album was the band's shortest yet, focusing on social, political, and emotional issues that had appeared in prior works, especially Internationalist. The album produced four singles. The most successful, "My Happiness", reached number 4 on the ARIA Singles Chart, won the 2001 ARIA Music Award for "Single of the Year", and topped Triple J's Hottest 100 in 2000. The album also featured "These Days", which topped Triple J's Hottest 100 in 1999. The album was also ranked at number 1 in Triple J's Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time poll in 2011. Many critics lauded the album as Powderfinger's best work; one stated that the album was "the Finger's Crowning Glory", however, others were critical of the "imitation" contained in the album. Overall, the album won five ARIA Music Awards in 2001 and was certified platinum seven times. Odyssey Number Five was Powderfinger's first album to chart in the United States, and the band toured extensively around North America to promote its release. (Full article...)

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Flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in India kill more than 130 people and trap thousands.

Protests throughout Brazil, organized mainly by the Movimento Passe Livre, continue to grow.

The 39th G8 summit concludes with agreements on the Syrian civil war, tax evasion, and greater transparency.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas (pictured) resigns amidst accusations of corruption.

In golf, Justin Rose wins the US Open.

The Quaid-e-Azam Residency, a heritage site in Ziarat, Pakistan, is badly damaged in an attack by Balochistan Liberation Army militants.

Hassan Rouhani is elected President of Iran.

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June 20: Midsummer festivities begin (Northern Hemisphere); Winter solstice festivals (Southern Hemisphere); World Refugee Day; Flag Day in Argentina

1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: The Duke of Monmouth declared himself King of England at Bridgwater.

1887 – Victoria Terminus, now the busiest railway station in India, opened in Bombay on the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

1900 – Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army began a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing.

1947 – A Mafia hitman murdered gangster Bugsy Siegel (pictured) in Beverly Hills, California.

1963 – The so-called "red telephone" was established between the White House and the Kremlin, after the Cuban Missile Crisis demonstrated that direct communications between the two nations were necessary.

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The Airbus A330 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner made by Airbus which was introduced in 1994. The A330-200, such as pictured here in Aeroflot livery, entered service in 1998 and was considerably more popular than the earlier A330-300. In December 2012 there were 476 A330-200s in operation.

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