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Notable Births

Caleb McLaughlin

Caleb McLaughlin

b. 2001

American actor (born 2001)

Cam Thomas (basketball)

Cam Thomas (basketball)

b. 2001

American basketball player (born 2001)

De'Von Achane

De'Von Achane

b. 2001

American football player and sprinter (born 2001)

Joshua Wong

Joshua Wong

b. 1996

Hong Kong activist (born 1996)

Jimin

Jimin

b. 1995

South Korean singer (born 1995)

Ryan Matterson

Ryan Matterson

b. 1994

Australian rugby league footballer

Yuta Watanabe

Yuta Watanabe

b. 1994

Japanese basketball player (born 1994)

Tiffany Trump

Tiffany Trump

b. 1993

Daughter of Donald Trump (born 1993)

Igor Ozhiganov

Igor Ozhiganov

b. 1992

Russian ice hockey player (born 1992)

Shelby Rogers

Shelby Rogers

b. 1992

American tennis player (born 1992)

Jakob Silfverberg

Jakob Silfverberg

b. 1990

Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

b. 1989

American politician and activist (born 1989)

Clive Rose (cricketer)

Clive Rose (cricketer)

b. 1989

Australian cricketer (born 1989)

Norris Cole

Norris Cole

b. 1988

American basketball player (born 1988)

Scott Jamieson

Scott Jamieson

b. 1988

Australian soccer player

Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi

Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi

b. 1987

Georgian sumo wrestler

Gabriel Agbonlahor

Gabriel Agbonlahor

b. 1986

English footballer (born 1986)

Sergio Pérez (footballer, born 1986)

Sergio Pérez (footballer, born 1986)

b. 1986

Mexican footballer (born 1986)

Brian Hoyer

Brian Hoyer

b. 1985

American football player (born 1985)

Andrej Meszároš

Andrej Meszároš

b. 1985

Slovak ice hockey player (born 1985)

Notable Deaths

Mayra Gómez Kemp

Mayra Gómez Kemp

d. 2024

Cuban-Spanish television host and actress (1948–2024)

Donal Murray (bishop)

Donal Murray (bishop)

d. 2024

Irish Catholic bishop (1940–2024)

Louise Glück

Louise Glück

d. 2023

American poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023)

Annapurna Devi

Annapurna Devi

d. 2018

Indian musician (1927–2018)

Albert Zafy

Albert Zafy

d. 2017

President of Madagascar from 1993 to 1996

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Bhumibol Adulyadej

d. 2016

King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016

Dario Fo

Dario Fo

d. 2016

Italian playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, director, and politician

Jim Prentice

Jim Prentice

d. 2016

Premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015

Bruce Hyde (ontologist)

Bruce Hyde (ontologist)

d. 2015

American actor

Michael Walsh (British Army officer)

Michael Walsh (British Army officer)

d. 2015

Antonio Cafiero

Antonio Cafiero

d. 2014

Argentine politician

Mohammad Sarengat

Mohammad Sarengat

d. 2014

Indonesian sprinter

Pontus Segerström

Pontus Segerström

d. 2014

Swedish footballer

Martin Drewes

Martin Drewes

d. 2013

German World War II fighter pilot

Tommy Whittle

Tommy Whittle

d. 2013

British jazz saxophonist (1926–2013)

Takashi Yanase

Takashi Yanase

d. 2013

Japanese manga artist (1919–2013)

Stuart Bell

Stuart Bell

d. 2012

British Labour Party politician (1938–2012)

Gary Collins (actor)

Gary Collins (actor)

d. 2012

American actor and TV host (1938–2012)

Tomonobu Imamichi

Tomonobu Imamichi

d. 2012

Japanese philosopher

Barbara Kent

Barbara Kent

d. 2011

Canadian-American actress (1907–2011)

On This Day in History

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Brigid Kosgei

2019

Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a woman runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.

Brigid Kosgei

Maldives

2016

The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.

Maldives

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2013

A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.

2013 Madhya Pradesh stampede

2010 Copiapó mining accident

2010

The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.

2010 Copiapó mining accident

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1993

At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.

1993 Finisterre earthquakes

Michel Aoun

1990

Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.

Michel Aoun

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1983

Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.

Ameritech Cellular

Lufthansa Flight 181

1977

Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Lufthansa Flight 181

Micrograph

1976

The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.

Micrograph

Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano

1976

A Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crashes after takeoff from El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, killing 91.

Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano

Aeroflot Flight 217

1972

Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.

Aeroflot Flight 217

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571

1972

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. Twenty-eight survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571

Flag of Okinawa Prefecture

1972

The flag of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, was officially adopted.

Flag of Okinawa Prefecture

Columbus Day storm of 1962

1962

The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. Forty-six people die.

Columbus Day storm of 1962

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1946

France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

October 1946 French constitutional referendum

Riga offensive (1944)

1944

World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.

Riga offensive (1944)

Pietro Badoglio

1943

World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.

Pietro Badoglio

Ankara

1923

Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.

Ankara

Treaty of Kars

1921

Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

Treaty of Kars

Miracle of the Sun

1917

The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.

Miracle of the Sun