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Today in the World Countries
- Independence Day is being celebrated in Indonesia
Today in Astrology
- People born on this day are Leo as their zodiac sign.
Today in History
Happening Today
- BIRTHS
- Rabah Harchoaoui, TikTok Star, born in Algeria.
On this day in 2022
- EVENTS
- China issues its highest red alert heat warning for at least 138 cities and counties amid the country's longest heatwave since records began (64 days).
- DEATHS
- Josephine Tewson, British actress (Keeping Up Appearances; Last Of The Summer Wine,2003-10), who died at 91.
On this day in 2021
- EVENTS
- One in five US hospital I.C.U.s at or over 95% capacity due to Delta surge of COVID-19 pandemic, with 1,800 children hospitalized.
On this day in 2020
- EVENTS
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the 1st US college to send students home and convert to online classes after 135 COVID-19 pandemic cases detected.
- DEATHS
- Mario De Araujo Cabral, Race Car Driver.
- Savvas Theodoridis, Greek soccer goalkeeper (12 caps; Olympiacos), who died at 85.
- Kobe Nunez, YouTube Star.
- Boyd Grant, American college basketball coach (PCAA Coach of the Year 1978,81,82; Fresno State, Colorado State), who died from a stroke at 87.
On this day in 2019
- EVENTS
- Huge wildfires begin on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands prompting evacuation of 9,000 people.
- Landmark power-sharing deal signed by military and civilian leaders celebrated in Khartoum, Sudan, with transitional government to take over Sept 1.
- Suicide bombing at a wedding in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills 63, with over 200 injured. The Islamic State claims responsibility.
- Tool's 'Fear Inoculum' entered the US Hot 100 at No. 93, becoming the longest song ever to hit that chart. Running at 10:22, it outran David Bowie's 'Blackstar, ' which clocks in at 9:57. 'Fear Inoculum' dropped off the chart the following week..
- BIRTHS
- Cove Ferris, Instagram Star, born in United States.
On this day in 2017
- EVENTS
- Collision of two neutron stars witnessed for the first time first picked up by US-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (Ligo).
- Anti-immigrant One Nation party leader Pauline Hansen is widely criticized for wearing a burqa into the Australian parliament.
- Terror attack on Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain as van rams into crowds killing 16, injuring 120.
- On This Day helps launch Borneo Dictionary, an online not for profit dictionary of indigenous Borneo languages with translations in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
- Three Hong Kong activists, Jason Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow jailed for unlawful assembly.
On this day in 2016
- EVENTS
- Kenyan runner Conseslus Kipruto records an Olympic record 8:03.28 to win the men's 3,000m steeplechase gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games.
- Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson wins 200m gold medal in 21.78; wraps up 100/200m Rio de Janeiro Olympics double.
- American sweep in 100m women's hurdles at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics with Brianna Rollins taking gold ahead of Nia Ali & Kristi Castlin; 1st time US has swept medals in an Olympic women's track & field event.
- Flood waters recede in Louisiana leaving 13 dead and damaging 4,000 homes.
- German pair Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst upsets Brazilian hometown favourites Ágatha Bednarczuk & Bárbara Seixas 21–18,21–14 to win the Olympic women's beach volleyball gold in Rio de Janeiro.
- DEATHS
- Arthur Hiller, Canadian director (Love Story), who died at 92.
- Arthur Hiller, Director.
On this day in 2015
- EVENTS
- Bomb blast in Bangkok at Erawan Shrine kills at least 19, injures over 100.
- Discovery of 7,000 year old mass grave in Schöneck-Kilianstädten, Central Germany, published in PNAS Journal. 26 bodies bear evidence of violent conflict.
- 2012 Olympic 1500m champion from Turkey Asli Cakir Alptekin is stripped of her gold medal for doping by the IAAF.
- World's first flower could be underwater plant Montsechia Vidalii claim US botanists (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).
- BIRTHS
- Lincoln Hoellein, YouTube Star, born in Logan, UT.
- WEDDINGS
- Irish "Boyzone" singer Ronan Keating at the age of 38 weds Australian television producer Storm Uechtritz at the age of 33 in East Lothian, Scotland.
- Boyzone lead singer Ronan Keating at the age of 38 weds model Storm Uechtritz in East Lothian, Scotland.
- DEATHS
- Arsen Dedic, Croatian singer-songwriter and poet, who died at 77.
- Yvonne Craig, American actress (Batgirl), who died at 78.
On this day in 2014
- EVENTS
- LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Monroe GC: Defending champion Inbee Park of South Korea beats runner-up Brittany Lincicome on 1st hole of a sudden-death playoff for her 5th major title.
On this day in 2013
- EVENTS
- 18 people are killed in conflict between Boko Harem and Nigerian military.
- 14th Athletics World Championships: Usain Bolt wins 200m.
- 15 civilians are killed by a Syrian warplane attack in Aleppo.
- DEATHS
- John Hollander, American poet and literary critic, who died at 83.