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🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2017 — The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL. ↗
• 2012 — A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured. ↗
• 2010 — Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy,... ↗
• 2008 — A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2. ↗
• 2007 — A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in... ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1995 — Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player
• 1994 — Dakota Fanning, American actress
• 1993 — Chris Grevsmuhl, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 — Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 — Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer