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Jesse Puljujärvi is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a winger for Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL).
Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player
Adrià Giner Pedrosa is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Elche, on loan from Sevilla.
Adrià Pedrosa, Spanish footballer
Luca Zinedine Zidane is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Segunda División club Granada. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.
Luca Zidane, Algerian footballer
Lucrezia Stefanini is an Italian tennis player. Stefanini has career-high WTA rankings of 99 in singles and 393 in doubles. She has won ten singles titles and two doubles titles on…
Lucrezia Stefanini, Italian tennis player
Polina Edmunds Bast is a retired American figure skater. She is the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2014 CS U.S. Classic champion, and a two-time U.S. national silver medalist. …
Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417 (1998), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 6–3, that the line-item veto, as impleme…
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Nozomi was a Japanese Mars orbiter that failed to reach Mars due to electrical failure. It was constructed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, University of Tokyo…
Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
Reports of the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and members of religious orders have been documented in numerous countries. Beginning in the late 20th century, allegations…
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who…
The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group based in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1965, it first emerged in 1966. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a …
The Ulster Volunteer Force attack a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing…
The France national football team represents France in men's international football. It is controlled by the French Football Federation, the governing body for football in France. …
France win their first World Cup title, defeating defending champions Brazil 3–0.
Nam Nguyen is a Canadian retired competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 World Junior champion, 2019 Skate Canada silver medallist, and two-time Canadian national champion. He ha…
Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater
Samile Bermannelli is a Brazilian fashion model.
Samile Bermannelli, Brazilian fashion model
Lucas Daniel de la Torre is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer side Charlotte FC and the United States national team.
Luca de la Torre, American soccer player
Josep Martínez Riera is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Inter Milan. He made one appearance for the Spain national team in 2021.
Josep Martínez, Spanish footballer
Kim Da-hyun, known mononymously as Dahyun, is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actress. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Twice, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2015.
Kim Dahyun, South Korean rapper and singer
The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of …
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine.
The 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake occurred on July 17 with a moment magnitude of 7.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The event occurred on a reverse fault nea…
The 7.0 Mw Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up…
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). It was adopted at a diplomatic conference in Rome, Italy…
A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing the permanent…
Puntland, officially the Puntland State of Somalia, is a semi-autonomous state that considers itself to be part of Somalia, despite not accepting the legitimacy of Somalia's curren…
Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, was officially established following a constitutional…
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in two nearly simultaneous truck bomb e…
Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
Markelle N'Gai Fultz is an American professional basketball player for the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies before being sel…
Markelle Fultz, American basketball player
Austin Tyler Reaves is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wich…
Austin Reaves, American basketball player
Santino Michael Ferrucci is an American professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 14 Chevrolet for A. J. Foyt Enterprises. He has als…
Santino Ferrucci, American race car driver
Samuel Matthew Curran is an English cricketer who has played for England in all formats. In domestic cricket, he represents Surrey, and has played in multiple T20 leagues.
Sam Curran, English cricketer