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On This Day in History
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2024
The Flour Massacre took place in the Gaza Strip: Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid amidst the Gaza war, killing over 100 and wounding 750.
Flour Massacre
2020
During a demonstration, pro-government colectivos shoot at disputed President and Speaker of the National Assembly Juan Guaidó and his supporters in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, leaving five injured.
Colectivo (Venezuela)
2020
The United States and the Taliban sign the Doha Agreement for bringing peace to Afghanistan.
United States
2020
Muhyiddin Yassin is appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia, amid the 2020 Malaysian political crisis.
Muhyiddin Yassin
2020
Luxembourg becomes the first country in the world to render public transport free nationwide.
Luxembourg
2016
In the Miqdadiyah bombing: at least 40 people are killed and 58 others wounded following a suicide bombing by ISIL at a Shi'ite funeral in the city of Miqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq.
2016 Miqdadiyah bombing
2012
North Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for US food aid.
North Korea
2008
The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence withdraws Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan after news of his deployment is leaked to foreign media.
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
2008
Misha Defonseca admits to fabricating her memoir, Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust.
Misha Defonseca
2004
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as president of Haiti following a coup.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
2004
Angelina Jolie wears a White Marc Bouwer dress to the 76th Academy Awards, which has since been placed on numerous lists for best Oscars fashion.
Angelina Jolie
2000
Chechens attack a guard post near Ulus Kert, eventually killing 84 Russian paratroopers during the Second Chechen War.
Second Chechen War
1996
Faucett Perú Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew are killed.
Faucett Perú Flight 251
1996
The Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.
Siege of Sarajevo
1992
A referendum is begun in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the determination of Bosnian independence.
Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1988
South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
Desmond Tutu
1988
Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
Svend Robinson
1984
Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.
Pierre Trudeau
1980
Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
Gordie Howe
1972
South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from South Vietnam as part of Nixon's Vietnamization policy in the Vietnam War.
South Vietnam