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Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is a member of the House of Windsor. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a younger brother of King Charles III. Andrew was born second in the line of succession to t…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
2017_New_York_City_truck_attack
An Uzbek immigrant drove a rented truck into cyclists and runners in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.
2005
Moons_of_Pluto
The discovery of the Plutonian moons Nix and Hydra, based on photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope nearly five months prior, was announced.
2003
Mahathir_Mohamad
After 22 years in power, Mahathir Mohamad retired as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
2000
Singapore_Airlines_Flight_006
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collided with construction equipment while attempting to take off from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan during heavy rain, killing 83 people aboard.
1999
EgyptAir_Flight_990
All 217 people on board EgyptAir Flight 990 perished when the aircraft suddenly crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
1999
Jesse_Martin
Australian sailor Jesse Martin arrived in Melbourne, becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop, and unassisted.
1996
TG4
TG4, the world's first Irish language television station, began broadcasting.
1984
Indira_Gandhi
Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking riots that killed thousands of Sikhs.
1973
Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the prison's exercise yard.
1963
1963_Indiana_State_Fairgrounds_Coliseum_gas_explosion
A gas explosion at the

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