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2021-03-27

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Suez Canal
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Suez Canal

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The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. It is the border between Africa and Asia. The 193.30-kilometre-long (120.11 mi) canal is a key trade route between Europe and Asia.

Beverly Cleary
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Beverly Cleary
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Beverly Atlee Cleary was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful auth…

Ever Given
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Ever Given
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Ever Given is one of the largest container ships in the world. The ship is owned by Shoei Kisen Kaisha, and is time cha…

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On This Day

10 events
2023
Ciudad_Juárez_migrant_center_fire
Forty people are killed in a fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
2020
North_Macedonia–NATO_relations
North Macedonia became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
2015
Himeji_Castle
Himeji Castle (pictured), the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work.
2009
Situ_Gintung
A failure of the dam holding Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Tangerang, Indonesia, caused floods that killed at least 100 people.
2002
Second_Intifada
Second Intifada: A suicide bomber killed around 30 Israeli civilians and injured about 140 others in Netanya, triggering Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorist military incursion into the West Bank.
1999
NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia: A U.S. Air Force F-117 stealth aircraft was shot down by a Yugoslav Army unit.
1998
Food_and_Drug_Administration
The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug sildenafil (chemical structure pictured), better known by the trade name Viagra, as the first treatment approved in the United States for erectile dysfunction.
1981
Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union)
The Solidarity movement in Poland staged a warning strike, the largest in the history of the Eastern Bloc, in which at least 12 million Poles walked off their jobs for four hours.
1980
Nelson_Bunker_Hunt
Brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt failed in their attempt to corner the world silver market, causing panic in commodity and futures exchanges.
1976
Washington_Metro
The Washington Metro, the second-busiest rapid transit system in the U.S., opened to commuters.

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