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🏛️ Public Holidays

Also observed in: Canada Day (CA) · Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (HK) · Madeira Day (PT) · 香港特別行政區成立紀念日 (HK)

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🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 2013 — Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.
  • 2008 — Rioting erupts in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
  • 2007 — Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces.
  • 2006 — The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in China.
  • 2004 — Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.

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🎂 Notable Births

  • 1998 — Aleksandra Golovkina, Lithuanian figure skater
  • 1996 — Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater
  • 1995 — Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Belgian footballer
  • 1995 — Savvy Shields, Miss America 2015
  • 1992 — Aaron Sanchez, American baseball player

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