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The Guelb El-Kebir massacre took place in the village of Guelb el-Kebir, near Beni Slimane, in the Algerian province of Medea, on 20 September 1997. 53 people were killed by attack…
The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää is a late medieval fieldstone church in Tyrvää, Sastamala, Finland. It is located on the shore of lake Rautavesi. The church was built approximately in …
St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, is burnt down by a burglar.
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Algeria. This is an incomplete list; the total number of massacres reported is far more numerous.
The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
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Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II, billed as The Sound and the Fury and afterwards infamously referred to as The Bite Fight, was a professional boxing match contested between the…
Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear
The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the People's Republic of China occurred at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 …
China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover…
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transpor…
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-94, a re-flight of the prematurely-ended STS-83…
The baht is the official currency of Thailand. It is divided into 100 satang. The currency was officially adopted during the Sukhothai period and continuously issued since. Initial…
The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev is a German professional tennis player and the current world No. 3. He has been ranked as high as world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tenni…
Alexander Zverev, German tennis player
Mikel Oyarzabal Ugarte is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Sociedad, which he captains, and the Spain national team.
Mikel Oyarzabal, Spanish footballer
Zachary Douglas Apple is an American retired competitive swimmer who specialized in the sprint freestyle events. He used to swim for DC Trident in the International Swimming League…
Zach Apple, American swimmer
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in…
NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
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 A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in…
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland c…
The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish…
The Turkish Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of Turkey. The TAF consist of the Land Forces, the Naval Forces and the Air Forces. The Chief of the General Staff …
The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi…
LATAM Airlines Brasil, formerly TAM Linhas Aéreas, is the Brazilian brand of Chilean LATAM Airlines Group operating international and domestic flights from hubs in Brasília, Fortal…
An explosion aboard a Brazilian airline TAM Fokker 100 launches engineer Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos into a…
Dame Lydia Ko is a New Zealand professional golfer, member of the LPGA Hall of Fame, and the reigning Olympic champion. She first reached number one in the Women's World Golf Ranki…
Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
Amber Thunder Rose Midthunder is an American actress.
Amber Midthunder, American actress
Calvin Ronald Verdonk is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Indonesia national team…
Calvin Verdonk, Indonesian footballer
Jesse Ramien is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Jesse Ramien, Australian rugby league player
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix. The polymer carries genetic instructions for the develo…
In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of…
Husein Sastranegara Airport is a domestic airport serving Bandung, the capital of West Java, Indonesia. It is located within the city, approximately 3.5 km from Bandung's city cent…
After takeoff from Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Sempati Air Flight 304 crashes into a residential…
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland c…
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to…
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat.…
The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first…