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Saudi-led coalition air defences intercept a Houthi ballistic missile and two drones targeting Riyadh Province as King Khalid International Airport resumes limited operations after a two-week closure caused by earlier Houthi attacks.
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Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.On this day, 2004 · Wikipedia, On this day
President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law, significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.On this day, 2001 · Wikipedia, On this day
Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) became the president of Ivory Coast.On this day, 2000 · Wikipedia, On this day
Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty, settling relations between the two countries and pledging that neither would allow its territory to become a staging ground for military strikes by a third country.On this day, 1994 · Wikipedia, On this day
Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.On this day, 1977 · Wikipedia, On this day
Ngô Đình Diệm proclaimed himself president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam after defeating former emperor Bảo Đại in a fraudulent referendum supervised by his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.On this day, 1955 · Wikipedia, On this day
The Chicago Theatre (pictured), the oldest surviving grand movie palace, opened.On this day, 1921 · Wikipedia, On this day
The Illinois Memorial, honoring Union army soldiers from Illinois who fought at the Siege of Vicksburg, was dedicated at Vicksburg National Military Park.On this day, 1906 · Wikipedia, On this day
Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician,United States Secretary of State and First Lady of the United StatesBorn on this day, 1947 · Wikipedia, On this day
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... that the first Afro-Cuban woman elected to the Congress of Cuba was both a communist and a pharmacist?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
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