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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 events2005
The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending more than 28 years of fighting.
1998
The Troubles: A car bomb attack carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army killed 29 people and injured approximately 220 others in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
1977
Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that became known as the Wow! signal.
1963
President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
1948
The Republic of Korea was established with Syngman Rhee (pictured) as its first president.
1947
Jawaharlal Nehru (pictured) took office as the first prime minister of India, a post he held for 16 years.
1944
World War II: Allied forces began Operation Dragoon, their invasion of southern France.
1942
World War II: The tanker SS Ohio reached Malta as part of an operation to deliver much-needed supplies during the siege of Malta.
1941
Josef Jakobs, a German spy, became the last person executed at the Tower of London.
1909
A military coup against the government of Dimitrios Rallis began in the neighbourhood of Goudi in Athens, Greece.