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2023-04-16

2023-04-16

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Atiq Ahmed
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Atiq Ahmed

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Atiq Ahmed or Atique Ahmed was a notorious Indian gangster turned Politician and history-sheeter. He served as a member of the Indian Parliament and the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Samajwadi Party. Ahmed had more than 160 criminal cases registered against him and contested several elections while being …

2010 Northumbria Police manhunt
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2010 Northumbria Police manhunt
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A manhunt was conducted across Tyne and Wear and Northumberland from 3 to 10 July 2010 with the objective of apprehendin…

Boston Marathon bombing
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Boston Marathon bombing
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The Boston Marathon bombing, sometimes referred to as simply the Boston bombing, was an Islamist domestic terrorist atta…

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On This Day

10 events
2014
MV_Sewol
The ferry MV Sewol (pictured) capsized and sank off Donggeochado, South Korea, killing 306 people, mainly students from Danwon High School.
2007
Virginia_Tech_shooting
In one of the deadliest shooting incidents in United States history, a gunman killed 32 people and wounded over 20 more before committing suicide at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia (memorial pictured).
2001
2001_Bangladesh–India_border_skirmishes
India and Bangladesh began a six-day conflict over their disputed border, which ended in a stalemate.
1963
A_Call_for_Unity
In response to an open letter written by white clergymen, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail in defence of the strategy of nonviolent resistance against racism.
1948
OECD
The Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, headquartered in Paris, was founded.
1945
World_War_II
Second World War: British and Canadian forces concluded the Liberation of Arnhem in the Netherlands from German occupation.
1919
Polish–Soviet_War
Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launched the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius (now in Lithuania) from the Red Army.
1917
World_War_I
World War I: Several French army corps began a massive assault against the German-occupied Chemin des Dames ridge, south of Laon, France.
1912
Harriet_Quimby
American pilot Harriet Quimby (pictured) became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
1862
Washington,_D.C.
Slavery in Washington, D.C., ended when the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act became law.

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