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✡️ Religious Observances

🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 2009 — The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the...
  • 2007 — The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
  • 2006 — The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
  • 1989 — Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.
  • 1987 — Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen.

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🎂 Notable Births

  • 1996 — Liam Donnelly, Northern Irish footballer
  • 1995 — Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer
  • 1993 — Denisa Allertová, Czech tennis player
  • 1992 — Bel Powley, English actress
  • 1991 — Michele Rigione, Italian footballer

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