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🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 2013 — A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.
  • 2007 — A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
  • 1996 — In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than...
  • 1992 — General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with...
  • 1988 — The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

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🎂 Notable Births

  • 1997 — Matthias Blübaum, German chess grandmaster
  • 1996 — Mariah Bell, American figure skater
  • 1996 — Ioana Ducu, Romanian tennis player
  • 1995 — Divock Origi, Belgian footballer
  • 1993 — Matt Salisbury, English cricketer

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