On this day
On this day in history
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🌍 Events on this day
Notable things that happened on this date through history.
- 2015 — A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
- 2012 — Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.
- 2004 — Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.
- 2003 — The Cedar Fire, the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km2), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
- 2002 — Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
- 2001 — The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
- 2000 — A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
- 1999 — The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
- 1995 — Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
- 1995 — An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.
- 1994 — Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
- 1991 — Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
🎂 Famous births
Well-known people who share this birthday.
- 2004 — Patrick Dorgu, Danish footballer
- 2002 — Lee Eunsang, South Korean singer
- 1997 — Rhenzy Feliz, American actor and singer
- 1996 — Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast
- 1995 — Yuta, Japanese singer
- 1994 — Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player
- 1994 — Allie DeBerry, American model and actress
- 1993 — Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball player
- 1992 — Joseph Cramarossa, Canadian hockey player
- 1991 — Riho Iida, Japanese model and actress
- 1990 — Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player
- 1989 — Dre Kirkpatrick, American football player
🕊️ Notable deaths
People remembered on this date.
- 2025 — Bjorn Andresen, Swedish actor and musician (born 1955)
- 2021 — Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (born 1932)
- 2017 — Ali Ashraf Darvishian, Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (born 1941)
- 2015 — Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (born 1926)
- 2015 — Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (born 1937)
- 2015 — Giuseppe Nazzaro, Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (born 1937)
- 2014 — Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (born 1923)
- 2014 — Mo Collins, American football player and coach (born 1976)
- 2014 — Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1942)
- 2014 — Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (born 1987)
- 2014 — Brian Moore, Australian rugby league player (born 1944)
- 2014 — Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (born 1961)
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