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2018: The first perfect game in the KBO League was recorded. 2020: Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their invention of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology. 2021: A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near Harnai in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 24 people and injuring over 300. 2021: A magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred in Chiba Prefecture, Kanto region, Japan, the strongest earthquake to hit Tokyo since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. 2023: Palestinian armed group Hamas launched a large-scale military attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, and Israel immediately declared war on Hamas, sparking the Gaza War.