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Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother,…
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On This Day
10 events2024
Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool were found guilty of the murder of Sara Sharif, and were sentenced to life imprisonment.
2008
American stockbroker Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in history.
2008
American stockbroker Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in history.
2006
The first action in the Mexican drug war began as President Felipe Calderón ordered Mexican soldiers and Federal Police units into the state of Michoacán.
2006
Criticized worldwide as a "meeting of Holocaust deniers", the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust opened in Tehran.
2005
Demonstrations in Cronulla, a suburb of Sydney, against recent violence towards locals turned into a series of race riots.
1972
Apollo 17 (Lunar Roving Vehicle pictured), the last Apollo mission, landed on the Moon.
1925
Pope Pius XI promulgated the encyclical Quas primas, establishing the Feast of Christ the King.
1920
Irish War of Independence: Following an Irish Republican Army ambush of an Auxiliary patrol, British forces burned and looted numerous buildings in Cork.
1907
The original Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand, was destroyed by fire (pictured).