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Qasem Soleimani was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 un…
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On This Day
10 events2020
Sembawang Hot Spring Park in Singapore reopened after being redeveloped by the National Parks Board.
2019
A fire in an escape room in Koszalin, Poland, killed five teenagers.
2010
The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest structure, officially opened in Dubai.
2007
Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government.
2004
Spirit (artist's impression depicted), the first of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, successfully landed on Mars.
1989
Two American F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers that appeared to be attempting to engage them over the Gulf of Sidra.
1977
The English punk-rock band Sex Pistols' lewd and disruptive behaviour at Heathrow Airport prompted the record label EMI to end their contract.
1973
Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running sitcom in the world, premiered as an episode of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse.
1972
Rose Heilbron (pictured) became the first female judge to sit at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
1970
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake occurred in Tonghai County, China, killing at least 15,000 people.