EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
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HISTORIC EVENTS
The 2024 Loblaw boycott, a Canadian boycott against retail corporation and grocer Loblaw Companies, begins.
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.
Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period.
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.
Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
Faisal Shahzad attempts to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, but the bomb fails to go off.
Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
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.
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".
The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in Brooklyn
American tennis player (4 x men's doubles major titles; Olympic gold men's doubles 1988)
American football wide receiver (Super Bowl XXII
American volleyballer (Olympic silver 1984
American MLB catcher (pioneered hockey style catcher's mask; World Series 1995 Atlanta Braves)
American television personality and The People's Court judge (2001-23)
American Hall of Fame jockey (Triple Crown 1978-Affirmed
American basketball guard/forward (NBA Sixth Man of the Year 1989; Phoenix Suns
British rock saxophonist (Haircut One Hundred - "Love Plus One")
English golfer (Senior PGA 2012
French actress
American politician and diplomat (Rep-D-New Hampshire 1991-5)
Japanese composer for anime
American aeronautical engineer and NASA astronaut (STS 83 alt)
Australian cricket batsman (14 Tests
🎯 yow.com Connection
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