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Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis. The Israel Defense Forces recover the bodies of six hostages, including Alex Dancyg, from the Khan Younis area, who were kidnapped by Hamas in the initial October 7, 2023 attack. (Reuters) Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.
August 18: Ghost Festival in China (2024) Blackwater Fire. 684 – Second Fitna: Umayyad partisans defeated the supporters of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr near Damascus, cementing Umayyad control of Syria. 1823 – At least 9,000 enslaved people rebelled in the British colony in Demerara-Essequibo (in present-day Guyana), demanding emancipation.
t. e. 2003 ( MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2003rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000s decade. 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Freshwater [ 1] In ...
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1970 – Singer Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose at the age of 27. 1970 – The Environmental Protection Agency is created. 1970 – The Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, is signed into law. 1971 – Singer Jim Morrison dies of a drug overdose at the age of 27. 1971 – President Richard Nixon ends the United States Gold standard ...
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May 21 – Ruben Studdard wins season 2 of American Idol. May 23 – Dewey, the first deer cloned by scientists at Texas A&M University, is born. May 25 – After docking in Miami at 05:00, the SS Norway (old SS France) is severely damaged by a boiler explosion at 06:30, killing seven and injuring 17 crew members.
2018 (Sunday) 2017 (Saturday) 2016 (Friday) 2015 (Wednesday) April 15 is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 260 days remain until the end of the year.