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Notable Births

Doug Edert

Doug Edert

b. 2000

American basketball player (born 2000)

Madison Beer

Madison Beer

b. 1999

American singer (born 1999)

Justin Fields

Justin Fields

b. 1999

American football player (born 1999)

Yeri (singer)

Yeri (singer)

b. 1999

South Korean singer and actress (born 1999)

Bo Bichette

Bo Bichette

b. 1998

American baseball player (born 1998)

Taylor Hill (model)

Taylor Hill (model)

b. 1996

American model (born 1996)

Emmanuel Mudiay

Emmanuel Mudiay

b. 1996

American basketball player (born 1996)

Daria Saville

Daria Saville

b. 1994

Russian-born Australian tennis player (born 1994)

MJ (South Korean singer)

MJ (South Korean singer)

b. 1994

South Korean singer (born 1994)

El Hadji Ba

El Hadji Ba

b. 1993

Mauritanian footballer (born 1993)

Joshua Coyne

Joshua Coyne

b. 1993

American musician & composer (born 1993)

Fred (footballer, born 1993)

Fred (footballer, born 1993)

b. 1993

Brazilian association football player

Ahmed Hassan (footballer, born 1993)

Ahmed Hassan (footballer, born 1993)

b. 1993

Egyptian footballer

Harry Maguire

Harry Maguire

b. 1993

English footballer (born 1993)

Kyle Schwarber

Kyle Schwarber

b. 1993

American baseball player (born 1993)

Sam Bankman-Fried

Sam Bankman-Fried

b. 1992

American entrepreneur/fraudster (born 1992)

Ramiro Funes Mori

Ramiro Funes Mori

b. 1991

Argentine footballer (born 1991)

Daniil Trifonov

Daniil Trifonov

b. 1991

Russian pianist and composer (born 1991)

Danny Drinkwater

Danny Drinkwater

b. 1990

English footballer (born 1990)

Mason Plumlee

Mason Plumlee

b. 1990

American basketball player (born 1990)

Notable Deaths

Kurt Moll

Kurt Moll

d. 2017

German operatic bass (1938–2017)

Hassan al-Turabi

Hassan al-Turabi

d. 2016

Sudanese religious and political leader (1932–2016)

Ray Tomlinson

Ray Tomlinson

d. 2016

American computer programmer (1941–2016)

Al Wistert

Al Wistert

d. 2016

American football player (1920–2016)

Vlada Divljan

Vlada Divljan

d. 2015

Serbian musician

Edward Egan

Edward Egan

d. 2015

American Catholic cardinal (1932–2015)

Geoff Edwards

Geoff Edwards

d. 2014

American actor and game show host

Ailsa McKay

Ailsa McKay

d. 2014

Scottish economist (1963–2014)

Leopoldo María Panero

Leopoldo María Panero

d. 2014

Spanish poet (1948–2014)

Ola L. Mize

Ola L. Mize

d. 2014

United States Army officer (1931–2014)

Paul Bearer

Paul Bearer

d. 2013

American professional wrestling manager (1954–2013)

Hugo Chávez

Hugo Chávez

d. 2013

President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013

Duane Gish

Duane Gish

d. 2013

American creationist (1921–2013)

Paul Haines (fiction writer)

Paul Haines (fiction writer)

d. 2012

New Zealand-born writer

Philip Madoc

Philip Madoc

d. 2012

Welsh actor (1934–2012)

William O. Wooldridge

William O. Wooldridge

d. 2012

United States Army soldier and the first Sergeant Major of the Army

Manolis Rasoulis

Manolis Rasoulis

d. 2011

Musical artist

Charles B. Pierce

Charles B. Pierce

d. 2010

American filmmaker and actor (1938–2010)

Richard Stapley

Richard Stapley

d. 2010

English actor and screenwriter (1923–2010)

Richard Kiley

Richard Kiley

d. 1999

American actor (1922–1999)

On This Day in History

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2023 Estonian parliamentary election

2023

The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time.

2023 Estonian parliamentary election

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2023

A group of four prisoners escape from the Nouakchott Civil Prison, before being caught the next day.

2023 Nouakchott prison break

Pope Francis

2021

Pope Francis begins a historic visit to Iraq amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pope Francis

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2021

Twenty people are killed and 30 injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.

March 2021 Mogadishu bombing

Syrian civil war

2018

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin.

Syrian civil war

Tropical Storm Irina

2012

Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through Madagascar.

Tropical Storm Irina

2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting

2012

Two people are killed and six more are injured in a shooting at a hair salon in Bucharest, Romania.

2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting

Antonov An-148

2011

An Antonov An-148 crashes in Russia's Alexeyevsky District, Belgorod Oblast during a test flight, killing all seven aboard.

Antonov An-148

Haifa

2003

In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.

Haifa

2002 Mindanao earthquake

2002

An earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, kills 15 people and injures more than 100.

2002 Mindanao earthquake

Mina, Saudi Arabia

2001

In Mina, Saudi Arabia, 35 pilgrims are killed in a stampede on the Jamaraat Bridge during the Hajj.

Mina, Saudi Arabia

Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301

1993

Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83.

Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301

Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 109

1991

Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 109 crashes in Venezuela, killing 45.

Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 109

Venera 14

1982

Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus.

Venera 14

ZX81

1981

The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 11⁄2 million units around the world.

ZX81

Venera 11

1979

Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.

Venera 11

Landsat 3

1978

The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Landsat 3

Yom Kippur War

1974

Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.

Yom Kippur War

Iberia (airline)

1973

An Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 collides in mid-air with a Spantax Convair 990 Coronado over Nantes, France, killing all 68 people aboard the DC-9, including music manager Michael Jeffery.

Iberia (airline)

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

1970

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons