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🏛️ Public Holidays

Also observed in: Constitution Day (NO) · Galician Literature Day (ES) · Grunnlovsdag (NO)

✡️ Religious Observances

🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 2014 — A plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people.
  • 2007 — Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains...
  • 2006 — The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
  • 2004 — The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
  • 2000 — Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen

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🎂 Notable Births

  • 1991 — Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player
  • 1990 — Fabian Giefer, German footballer
  • 1990 — Charlie Gubb, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1990 — Katrina Hart, English runner
  • 1990 — Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player

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