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On This Day

10 events
2019
An arson attack at the studio of Kyoto Animation in Japan led to the deaths of 36 people.
2014
The conviction of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been found guilty of paying for an underage prostitute, was overturned on appeal.
2012
A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, resulting in the military branch of Hezbollah being designated a terrorist organization by the European Union.
1995
Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was released posthumously.
1989
American actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, eventually prompting the passage of anti-stalking laws in California.
1984
Parts of the dismembered body of Swedish prostitute Catrine da Costa were found in Stockholm.
1984
A gunman massacred 21 people and injured 15 others at a McDonald's restaurant in the district of San Ysidro of San Diego, California.
1976
At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event.
1966
Angered by racism and poverty, African American residents of the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland began to riot for six days.
1949
Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of President Juan José Arévalo.

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