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TODAY IN HISTORY

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HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2017

A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.

2
2013

Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.

3
2000

American golfer Tiger Woods wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.

4
1995

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.

5
1994

Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.

6
1993

NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.

7
1991

Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.

8
1991

Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.

9
1988

The 6.9 Mwβ€― Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.

10
1986

Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12Β mi) range.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1975 Alicia Witt

American actress (Cybill

1975 Simon Katich

Australian cricketer

1974 American woman who when aged 17 shot Mary Jo Buttafuoco while having an affair with her husband

born on Long Island

1973 Ismael Valdes

Mexican baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)

1971 Liam Howlett

British musician (The Prodigy)

1971 Matthew Noonan

American concert organist

1971 Robert Harvey

Australian Rules Footballer (St Kilda Football Club)

1971 Shayne Edge

American NFL/WLAF punter (Steelers

1970 Craig Counsell

American MLB infielder

1970 Paulo Barrancos Guerra

Portuguese athlete

1970 Steve Everitt

American NFL center (Cleveland Browns

1969 Josee Chouinard

Canadian figure skater (Olympic-9th-1994)

1969 Nathan Jones

Australian professional wrestler and actor

1968 Barbara Ann Moore

American actress

1967 Carrie-Anne Moss

Canadian actress (The Matrix Trilogy)

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