EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
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HISTORIC EVENTS
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.
A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
A supermarket fire kills 424 people and injures 360 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, was officially established following a constitutional conference in Garowe, Issims and tribal chiefs agreed to create a self-declared government until Somalia recovered.
The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
A plane crash in the Karabakh Range kills 46 people.
A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American businessman (Great Plains Software) and politician (Governor of North Dakota 2016-)
American radio personality (The Tom Leykis Show)
Indian cricketer (Indian batsman mid-80's)
American rock and roll radio DJ (WMMR Philadelphia
American journalist and author (Fox News
American Grammy Award-winning blues guitarist
American actor (Eight Is Enough - "Merle")
Indian cricketer (Indian batsman late 70's)
6th Prime Minister of Serbia (2001-03)
American auto racer (ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series 1989) and team owner (K Automotive Racing)
British Anglican priest
American contemporary classical composer
Canadian rock guitarist and vocalist (Brave Belt; Bachman–Turner Overdrive)
American session and touring rock guitarist and songwriter (Deep Purple
American radio DJ (Greaseman)
🎯 yow.com Connection
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