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🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 2013 — One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
  • 2003 — Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
  • 1998 — Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
  • 1996 — Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th...
  • 1994 — The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.

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🎂 Notable Births

  • 1997 — Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 1995 — Klaartje Liebens, Belgian tennis player
  • 1993 — Michael Keane, English footballer
  • 1993 — Will Keane, English footballer
  • 1992 — Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer

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