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Angelsberg is a small town in the commune of Fischbach, in central Luxembourg. As of 2024, the town's population is 483.
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On This Day
10 events2021
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck in Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing $1.5 billion in damages and economic loss.
2013
Security forces raided two camps of supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, leading to the deaths of at least 595 civilians.
2010
The inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games opened in Singapore for athletes aged between 14 and 18.
2007
Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing 796 people and wounding 1,562 others.
2005
Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of Marathon, Greece, killing all 121 people on board.
1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in London, the first in its record-breaking run in cinemas, which continues in limited release.
1941
After a secret meeting in Newfoundland, British prime minister Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt (both pictured) issued the Atlantic Charter, establishing a vision for a post–World War II world.
1888
One of the first recordings of music, of Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", was played at a press conference in London to introduce Thomas Edison's phonograph.
1816
The United Kingdom formally annexed the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.
1720
The Spanish Villasur expedition, intended to slow the progress of French influence on the Great Plains of North America, ended in failure when it was ambushed (depicted) by Pawnee and Otoe forces.