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2022-02-24

2022-02-24

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Ukraine
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Ukraine

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Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and s…

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the curr…

Vladimir Putin
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Vladimir Putin
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russ…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
Uherský_Brod
At a restaurant in Uherský Brod, Czech Republic, a gunman opened fire in a restaurant, killing eight people before committing suicide.
1989
United_Airlines_Flight_811
United Airlines Flight 811 experienced uncontrolled decompression after leaving Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, blowing seats out of the aircraft and killing nine passengers.
1979
Uganda–Tanzania_War
Uganda–Tanzania War: Ugandan government forces fled Masaka as the Tanzania People's Defence Force bombarded and captured the town.
1978
Yuba_County_Five
Five men disappeared after attending a college basketball game in Chico, California; the bodies of four of them were discovered months later.
1968
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: Led by Ngô Quang Trưởng, South Vietnamese forces recaptured the citadel of Huế.
1943
World_War_II
World War II: The Battle of Kasserine Pass, the first major engagement between American and Axis forces in Africa, ended with the Allied forces suffering heavy losses.
1868
Andrew_Johnson
Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. president to be impeached.
1826
Treaty_of_Yandabo
The Treaty of Yandabo was signed, ending the First Anglo-Burmese War, the longest and most expensive war in the history of British India.
1809
Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane
After standing for only 15 years, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (pictured), the third building in London of that name, burned down.
1809
Napoleonic_Wars
Napoleonic Wars: The British invasion of Martinique ended with the unconditional surrender of French admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (pictured), beginning a five-year occupation of the island.

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