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On This Day

10 events
2012
The passenger ferry MV Rabaul Queen capsized and sank in rough conditions in the Solomon Sea, resulting in at least 88 deaths.
2009
Omid, Iran's first domestically made satellite, was launched from Semnan Space Center.
2007
Following a Derby di Sicilia match in Catania, football violence caused the death of police officer Filippo Raciti, leading to new safety regulations at Italian sporting events.
2004
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the top-ranked men's singles player, a position he held for a record 237 consecutive weeks.
1974
The F-16 Fighting Falcon (pictured), the most numerous fixed-wing aircraft currently in military service, made its first flight.
1972
The Troubles: Protestors burned the British Embassy in Ireland following the massacre of 14 civilians in Derry by British forces.
1963
Cold War in Asia: 113 alleged communists were arrested and detained without trial by Singapore's security agencies.
1942
The first act of the Norwegian resistance movement took place with the bombing of Oslo East Station by the Osvald Group to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
1934
The Export–Import Bank of the United States, the country's official export credit agency, was established.
1913
New York City's Grand Central Terminal, the world's largest train station by number of platforms, opened immediately after midnight.

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