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The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abraham…

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Richard Allensworth Jewell was an American security guard and law enforcement officer who alerted police during the Cent…

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On This Day

10 events
2018
A civilian school bus in Dahyan, Yemen, was bombed by Saudi Arabia killing at least 40 children under 15.
2018
A civilian school bus in Dahyan, Yemen, was bombed by Saudi Arabia, killing at least 40 children under 15.
2014
Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African-American man, was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, resulting in widespread protests and unrest.
2006
British police arrested 24 people for conspiring to detonate liquid explosives carried on board airliners travelling from the UK to the US and Canada.
2001
Second Intifada: A suicide bomber attacked a pizza restaurant in Jerusalem, killing 15 people and wounding 130 others.
1988
Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in ice hockey history.
1974
On the verge of an impeachment and removal from office amid the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon became the first president of the United States to resign.
1971
The Troubles: British forces began arresting and interning suspected Irish republican militants in Northern Ireland.
1969
Members of the Manson Family invaded a house and murdered American actress Sharon Tate (pictured) and four guests in Los Angeles, before killing two more people the following night.
1965
The state of Singapore (flag pictured) was expelled from the Malaysian federation due to a heated ideological conflict between their ruling parties; the day is now celebrated as Singapore's National Day.

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