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🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 2006 — The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland, collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and...
  • 2002 — TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 92.
  • 1988 — In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
  • 1986 — Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
  • 1985 — Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for...

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🎂 Notable Births

  • 1998 — Ariel Winter, American actress
  • 1993 — Richmond Boakye, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1993 — Mitch Cornish, Australian rugby league player
  • 1992 — Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballer
  • 1992 — Andrei Savchenko, Russian footballer

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