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🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 2013 — A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others.
  • 2013 — Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people.
  • 2005 — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
  • 2004 — The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons...
  • 1996 — In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.

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🎂 Notable Births

  • 1998 — Ryan Newman (actress), American actress
  • 1997 — Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
  • 1997 — Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
  • 1996 — Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
  • 1993 — Ben Davies, Welsh footballer

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