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On This Day

10 events
2001
Five letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to various media outlets in the United States.
1981
While posing as an aristocrat, Belgian serial killer Nestor Pirotte murdered an antiques dealer in Brussels, for which crime he was sentenced to death.
1964
The wedding of King Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark took place in Athens.
1962
Aeroflot Flight 213 crashed into a mountain near Chersky Airport, killing 32 people.
1961
An aircraft crashed near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, resulting in the deaths of 16 people, including United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld.
1950
Korean War: The Korean People's Army retreated from the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter after six weeks of fighting, marking the farthest that the KPA would advance in the war.
1948
The Australian cricket team's Invincibles tour of England concluded; they had played 34 matches, including five Tests, without defeat.
1918
World War I: The Central Powers' defeat at the Battle of Dobro Pole played a role in the Bulgarian withdrawal from the war and led to the subsequent liberation of Vardar Macedonia.
1885
Five Chinese people were lynched outside of Pierce City in the Idaho Territory.
1879
The Blackpool Illuminations (example pictured) in the English seaside town of Blackpool were switched on for the first time.

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