EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2024

The 2024 Loblaw boycott, a Canadian boycott against retail corporation and grocer Loblaw Companies, begins.

2
2019

Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team.

3
2019

Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period.

4
2018

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border.

5
2011

Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.

6
2010

Faisal Shahzad attempts to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, but the bomb fails to go off.

7
2009

Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.

8
2004

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.

9
2003

Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".

10
1999

The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1963 Arts & Letters Award)

born in Brooklyn

1963 Robert Seguso

American tennis player (4 x men's doubles major titles; Olympic gold men's doubles 1988)

1962 Gary Clark

American football wide receiver (Super Bowl XXII

1962 Paula Weishoff

American volleyballer (Olympic silver 1984

1961 Charlie O'Brien

American MLB catcher (pioneered hockey style catcher's mask; World Series 1995 Atlanta Braves)

1961 Marilyn Milian

American television personality and The People's Court judge (2001-23)

1961 Steven Cauthen

American Hall of Fame jockey (Triple Crown 1978-Affirmed

1959 Eddie Johnson

American basketball guard/forward (NBA Sixth Man of the Year 1989; Phoenix Suns

1959 Phil Smith

British rock saxophonist (Haircut One Hundred - "Love Plus One")

1959 Roger Chapman

English golfer (Senior PGA 2012

1959 Yasmina Reza

French actress

1957 Dick Swett

American politician and diplomat (Rep-D-New Hampshire 1991-5)

1957 Kow Otani

Japanese composer for anime

1957 Paul D Ronney

American aeronautical engineer and NASA astronaut (STS 83 alt)

1957 Rick Darling

Australian cricket batsman (14 Tests

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