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A collision between two passenger trains and a parked freight train near the city of Balasor, Odisha in eastern India, results in 296 deaths and more than 1,200 people injured.

Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changed the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye".

Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-91, the final mission of the Shuttle-Mir program.

In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.

The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.

After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.

Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.

British model and actor (Freddie Slater in "EastEnders")

American actress (Men of a Certain Age)

Scottish Actor (Slow Horses)

Ghanaian-American footballer (17 caps for the United States)

Australian cricket batsman and captain (HS 239; NSW CA)

Canadian actress (Heartland)

Argentine soccer striker (96 caps; Manchester City; leading overseas goal scorer in EPL history)

American scholar

Cuban-American pop and country singer-songwriter

American pop singer (High Hopes & Heartbreak)

Swedish author (A Man Called Ove; Beartown)

Russian professional tennis player

Brazilian-born rock drummer (The Strokes)

American R&B singer (702 - "Where My Girls At?")

American actor (Ziggy Sobotka in "The Wire"; Sinister