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🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 2013 — Arapahoe High School shooting: Murder-suicide: A female student seeking the librarian is shot dead in a hallway by another student after...
  • 2011 — A murder-suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.
  • 2003 — Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
  • 2002 — European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,...
  • 2001 — Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.

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🎂 Notable Births

  • 1991 — Sénah Mango, Togolese footballer
  • 1989 — Hellen Onsando Obiri, Kenyan runner
  • 1989 — Ben Ridge, Australian rugby league player
  • 1989 — Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
  • 1988 — Rickie Fowler, American golfer

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