Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer
Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels (Spanish pronunciation: [ʒoˈel ˈkambel]; born 26 June 1992) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for Liga MX club Monterrey, on loan from León, and the Costa Rica national team.
Campbell joined Arsenal in 2011 and was thereafter loaned out to French side Lorient, Spanish club Real Betis and Greek outfit Olympiacos. He made his competitive Arsenal debut as the club won the 2014 FA Community Shield. He was again sent on loan to La Liga team Villarreal before he scored his first Arsenal goal in 2015.Campbell has so far earned over 110 caps for Costa Rica and was a member of the squad which won the 2014 Copa Centroamericana. He was also part of the Costa Rican side which reached the last eight of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and played in the 2018 World Cup as well. Campbell additionally helped Costa Rica get to the quarter-finals of the 2015, 2019 and 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cups, as well as the semi-finals of the 2017 Gold Cup.
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Bhopal disaster
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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. - 2Mar
United Nations
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations. - 27Apr
International Monetary Fund
The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. - 23Jul
Pope Benedict XVI
A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.