Event:
Mohammed Zakari, a leader of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, has been arrested by Nigerian police; Boko Haram is implicated in hundreds of deaths and kidnappings, and Zakari is wanted for the recent killings of seven people
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1996 MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV
1996 Prince Charles and Princess Di sign divorce papers
1964 Barry M. Goldwater nominated for president by Republicans
1948 Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain
1922 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in U.S., at New York zoo
