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🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: National Day (SG) · National Day (observed) (SG) · National Women's Day (ZA) · National Women's Day (observed) (ZA)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2014 — Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport. ↗
- 2012 — The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people. ↗
- 2009 — Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history. ↗
- 2003 — The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom, 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) in Kent, England. It is the first time the United... ↗
- 2003 — The Okinawa Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1997 — Kylie Jenner, American television personality and model
- 1994 — Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer
- 1993 — Andre Drummond, American basketball player
- 1993 — Yuto Nakajima, Japanese actor, dancer, model, singer, and idol
- 1993 — Shin Hye-jeong, South Korean singer