EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2024

Gazpromavia Flight 9608 crashes in Russia's Kolomensky District near Kolomna, killing three.

2
2013

Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.

3
2012

Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.

4
2012

A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.

5
2007

U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.

6
2006

The 2006 Lebanon War begins.

7
2001

Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.

8
1998

The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.

9
1998

France win their first World Cup title, defeating defending champions Brazil 3–0.

10
1995

Chinese seismologists successfully predict the 1995 Myanmar–China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

2005 Issac Ryan Brown

American actor (Raven's Home)

2002 Nico Williams

Spanish footballer for Athletic Bilbao and Spain

2001 Kaylee McKeown

Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 100/200m backstroke 2020

2000 Vinícius Júnior

Brazilian soccer forward (Real Madrid)

1999 DaRon Bland

American NFL footballer cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)

1998 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Canadian basketball point guard (NBA C'ship OKC Thunder

1997 Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize recipient

born in Mingora

1991 Erik Per Sullivan

American actor (Malcolm in the Middle)

1991 James Rodríguez

Colombian footballer (Bayern Munich

1991 Pablo Carreño Busta

Spanish tennis player (Davis Cup 2019; US Open doubles 2016 runner-up)

1991 Portia Woodman-Wickliffe

New Zealand rugby union player (Sevens Olympic Gold medal 2020

1989 Phoebe Tonkin

Australian actress (The Vampire Diaries

1988 Melissa O'Neil

Canadian actress (The Rookie) and singer (Canadian Idol

1986 JP Pietersen

South African rugby union outside back (70 Tests; Sharks

1985 Luiz Ejlli

Albanian pop singer (Eurovison

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