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Today in the World Countries
Today in Astrology
- People born on this day are Aquarius as their zodiac sign.
Today in History
Happening Today
- BIRTHS
- Fidel Oswaldo Castro, Songwriter, born in Sinaloa, Mexico.
- Odily Pineda, Journalist, born in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- DEATHS
- Conrad Dobler, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1975,76,77; St. Louis Cardinals; famous for unsportsmanlike play), who died at 72.
On this day in 2022
- EVENTS
- Canadian police arrest truckers who have protested a vaccine mandate for blocking Ambassador's Bridge, between Detroit and Windsor, for a week at the busiest land border crossing in North America.
- Super Bowl LVI halftime show features Hip Hop legends Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige, Eminem and 50 Cent.
- DEATHS
- Johnny Whiteley, English rugby league back rower (15 Tests GB,1 England; Hull RLFC 417 games) and coach (GB, England, Hull RLFC, Hull KR), who died at 91.
- TV SERIES
- Bel-Air: Season 1 is released.
The dramatic reboot of NBC's 1990s sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"follows Will (Jabari Banks) as he moves from West Philadelphia to the Bel-Air mansion of his uncle and aunt (Adrian Holmes and Cassandra Freeman).
On this day in 2021
- EVENTS
- Archaeologists announce discovery of oldest known beer factory in Abydos, Egypt, from early Dynastic period 3150 B.C.- 2613 B.C.
- Former US President Donald Trump acquitted in second Senate impeachment trial on charge of incitement of insurrection after senators vote 57 to 43 in favor of conviction, less than the two thirds majority required for impeachment.
- English music arranger and keyboard player Louis Clark died age 73. He was best known for his work with Electric Light Orchestra and Hooked on Classics. Clark started out as a bass guitarist for Birmingham band The Buccaneers, who later became Monopoly and eventually The Raymond Froggatt Band..
- Mario Draghi, former head of the European Central Bank, is sworn in as Italian Prime Minister ahead of a new coalition government.
- DEATHS
- Olle Nygren, Swedish speedway rider (World Team Cup 1960; World C'ship 1954 3rd; World Longtrack C'ship 1961 runner-up), who died at 91.
- Robert Maraj, Family Member.
- Frank Orr, Canadian sports author and journalist (Hockey Hall of Fame; Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award; Toronto Star), who died at 84.
On this day in 2020
- EVENTS
- Fire in US-run orphanage kills 15 children near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- January 2020 was the hottest January in recorded history according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Scientists overturn current thought about how planets form - not by violent collision but gentle clumping, through study of Arrokoth in Kepler belt, published in "Science".
- DEATHS
- Jimmy Thunder, New Zealand boxer (IBO heavyweight title 1994-95), who died following brain surgery at 54.
- TV SERIES
- Love Is Blind: Season 1 is released.
Nick and Vanessa Lachey hosts the reality dating series where 30 single men and women talk to each other over 10 days without seeing each other. After the 10 days, couples must decide they want to be engaged (and finally see each other as they prepare to get married in four weeks) or leave the show.
On this day in 2019
- EVENTS
- NASA confirms Mars Opportunity rover's mission has ended after 15 years due to a sandstorm damaging its communications.
- NASA confirms Mars Opportunity rover's mission has ended after 15 years due to sandstorm damaging communications.
- Iran marks 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution with huge street marches and protests against the US.
- Flinders River swells to 37 miles wide (60km) creating its own weather system after intense flooding in Queensland, Australia.
- Suicide attack on bus carrying Iranian military's Revolutionary Guard kills 23 in Sistan-Baluchestan province, separatist group Jaish al-Adl claim responsibility.
- BIRTHS
- Badkidlondyn, Instagram Star, born in United States.
- Kacey Alexander Gaulden, Family Member, born in United States.
- Londyn Johnson, YouTube Star, born in United States.
- MOVIES
- Birds of Passage - Not Rated is released.
From the Oscar®-nominated team behind the genre-defying Embrace of the Serpent, comes an equally audacious saga centered on the Wayúu indigenous people during a crucial period in recent Colombian history. Torn between his desire to become a powerful man and his duty to uphold his culture’s values, Rapayet (José Acosta) enters the drug trafficking business in the 1970s and finds quick success despite his tribe’s matriarch Ursula’s (Carmiña Martínez) disapproval. Ignoring ancient omens, Rapayet and his family get caught up in a conflict where honor is the highest currency and debts are paid with blood. A sprawling epic about the erosion of tradition in pursuit of material wealth, Birds of Passage is a visually striking exploration of loyalty, greed, and the voracious nature of change. [The Orchard] - Isn't It Romantic - PG-13 is released.
New York City architect Natalie works hard to get noticed at her job but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the city’s next skyscraper. And if things weren’t bad enough, Natalie, a lifelong cynic when it comes to love, has an encounter with a mugger that renders her unconscious, waking to discover that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare—a romantic comedy—and she is the leading lady. [Warner Bros.]
On this day in 2018
- EVENTS
- Israeli Police report recommends Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be prosecuted on bribery, fraud and breach-of-trust charges.
- Austrian alpine skier Marcel Hirscher wins the men's combined gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics; goes on to also win giant slalom gold.
- After winning Olympic gold in the women's curling in Sochi (2014), Canadian Kaitlyn Lawes wins the mixed doubles with dual gold medallist John Morris in Pyeongchang.
- Dutch speed skater Kjeld Nuis wins the men's 1,500m gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics; also takes 1,000m gold.
- South Africa declares a three-year drought a National Disaster, though pushes Cap Town's "Day Zero" to June 4.
- South African President Jacob Zuma is ordered to step down by the A.N.C..
- DEATHS
- Prince Henrik, Prince.
- Henrik [Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat], Prince Consort of Denmark, who died at 83.
- Tito Francona, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1961), who died at 84.
On this day in 2017
- EVENTS
- US President Donald Trump accepts the resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn over his dealings with Russia.
- Arriva Buses launched five buses in the home town of Viola Beach in Warrington. Each vehicle had a picture of one of the band members and their manager. Arriva collaborated with the River Reeves Foundation, an organisation founded by Reeves' family, to produce the vehicles, one of which would be a mobile recording studio. On 13 February 2016, the four band members and their manager, Craig Tarry, died in an incident on the E4 motorway bridge at Södertälje, southwest of Stockholm, Sweden..
- Harrison Ford involved in a near miss while flying a plane at John Wayne Airport, Orange County.
- DEATHS
- Michael Naura, German jazz pianist, radio broadcaster, editor and anti-nuclear proliferation activist, who died at 82.
- Seijun Suzuki, Japanese cult film director, who died at 93.
- E-Dubble, YouTube Star.
- TV SERIES
- Humans: Season 2 is released.
Season two picks up six months later with the synths scattered in different places, Niska (Emily Berrington) is still on the run and Anita is working at a cafe. Laura (Katherine Parkinson) and Joe (Tom Goodman-Hill) are attend marriage counseling. Meanwhile, in Silicon Valley, a billionaire named Milo Khoury (Marshall Allman) teams up with A.I. expert Dr. Athena Morrow (Carrie-Anne Moss) to work on his secret project.
On this day in 2016
- EVENTS
- All four members of English indie rock group Viola Beach, Kris Leonard (guitar and vocals), River Reeves (guitar), Tomas Lowe (bass guitar), and Jack Dakin (drums) along with their manager Craig Tarry, died in a car crash in Södertälje, Sweden. Witnesses said they saw the car fall through a gap on the E4 motorway bridge, which was open to let a boat pass. The band had played at the Where's the Music? festival in Norrköping the previous day. The band had been scheduled to support Blossoms on a tour of the UK and Ireland during February and March 2016..
- Ninth Republican presidential candidates debate held in Greenville, South Carolina.
- DEATHS
- Antonin Scalia, American 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986-2016), who died at 79.
- Jack Dakin, Drummer.
- Trifon Marinov Ivanov, Soccer Player.
- ALBUMS
- The Life Of Pablo was released by Kanye West.
After several album name changes (So Help Me God, SWISH, Waves, and T.L.O.P.), the seventh studio release for the rapper finally was set with guest appearances from Vic Mensa, Post Malone, Sia and Ty Dolla $ign.
On this day in 2015
- EVENTS
- " If You're Reading This It's Too Late" 4th mixtape by Drake is released.
- DEATHS
- John McCabe, British composer and pianist, who died at 75.
- John Mccabe, Composer.
- ALBUMS
- If You're Reading This It's Too Late [Mixtape] was released by Drake.
The surprise 17-track mixtape from the Canadian artist features guest appearances from Lil Wayne, PARTYNEXTDOOR, and Travi$ Scott was produced by Noah “40” Shebib and Matthew Jehu Samuels. - MOVIES
- Hits - Not Rated is released.
A small town in upstate New York plays host to its inhabitants' delusions of grandeur. - Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem - Not Rated is released.
In Israel there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce. Only rabbis can legitimate a marriage or its dissolution. But this dissolution is only possible with full consent from the husband, who in the end has more power than the judges. Viviane Amsalem (Ronit Elkabetz) has been applying for divorce for three years. But her husband Elisha (Simon Abkarian) will not agree. His cold intransigence, Viviane's determination to fight for her freedom, and the ambiguous role of the judges shape a procedure in which tragedy vies with absurdity, and everything is brought out for judgment, apart from the initial request. - Fifty Shades of Grey - R is released.
Recent college graduate Anastasia Steele begins a sexually charged relationship with handsome, yet tormented billionaire Christian Grey. - Da Sweet Blood of Jesus - Not Rated is released.
When Dr. Hess Green (Stephen Tyrone Williams) is introduced to a mysteriously cursed artifact by an art curator, Lafayette Hightower (Elvis Nolasco), he is uncontrollably drawn into a newfound thirst for blood that overwhelms his soul. He however is not a vampire. Lafayette quickly succumbs to the ravenous nature of the infliction but leaves Hess a transformed man. Soon Lafayette’s wife, Ganja Hightower (Zaraah Abrahams), comes looking for her husband and becomes involved in a dangerous romance with Hess that questions the very nature of love, addiction, sex, and status in our seemingly sophisticated society. [Gravitas Ventures] - Kingsman: The Secret Service - R is released.
A veteran spy (Colin Firth) of a super-secret organization recruits an unrefined but promising street kid (Taron Egerton) into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. - Old Fashioned - PG-13 is released.
A reformed frat boy (Rik Swartzwelder) and a free-spirited woman (Elizabeth Roberts) attempt the impossible: an old-fashioned courtship in contemporary America. - The Rewrite - Not Rated is released.
Once upon a time, Keith Michaels (Hugh Grant) was an Award-winning Hollywood screenwriter, but divorce and a string of unsuccessful films have left him with nothing but bad debts and blank pages. So when his agent arranges a job as guest screenwriting professor at a remote university in upstate New York, a desperate Keith can’t say no. Initially hoping to give minimal effort to actual teaching so he can focus on his next script, Keith unexpectedly finds himself becoming invested in his students lives, including Holly (Marisa Tomei), a single mom looking to start her own new chapter. - The Last Five Years - PG-13 is released.
Jamie Wellerstein (Jeremy Jordan) is a young, talented up and coming novelist who falls in love with Cathy Hiatt (Anna Kendrick), a struggling actress. Their story is told almost entirely through songs using an intercutting time line device; all of Cathy’s songs begin at the end of their marriage and move backwards in time to the beginning of their love affair while Jamie’s songs start at the beginning of their affair and move forward to the end of their relationship. - Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead - Not Rated is released.
When an apocalyptic event turns everyone around him—including his wife and daughter—into marauding zombies, everyman mechanic Barry arms himself to the teeth, soups up his car, and hits the road in order to rescue his sister from a deranged, disco-dancing mad doctor. [IFC Midnight] - What We Do in the Shadows - Not Rated is released.
Follow the lives of Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh), and Vladislav (Jemaine Clement) - three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life's obstacles-like being immortal vampires who must feast on human blood. Hundreds of years old, the vampires are finding that beyond sunlight catastrophes, hitting the main artery, and not being able to get a sense of their wardrobe without a reflection, modern society has them struggling with the mundane like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts. - White Rabbit - Not Rated is released.
A bullied high school student starts having visions of a rabbit that he killed when he was a kid, soon putting him in a state where his imagination threatens to cause him to carry out violent acts.
On this day in 2014
- EVENTS
- Women's luge singles champion Natalie Geisenberger and men's doubles winners Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt earn their 2nd Olympic gold medals in Sochi in team relay event; Germany sweeps 4 events.
- Polish cross country skier Justyna Kowalczyk follows her Vancouver (2010) Olympic women's 30k classical title with a gold medal in the 10k classical in Sochi.
- Slopestyle freestyle skiing event makes Olympic debut at Sochi Winter Games; American Joss Christensen is inaugural men's gold medallist.
- French biathlete Martin Fourcade wins his 2nd gold medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics in the individual competition; also claims the pursuit title.
- Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu is first to break 100 points barrier in the short program (101.45 points) at the Sochi Winter Olympics, on way to the men's singles gold medal.
- DEATHS
- Ralph Waite, American actor, director and political candidate (Cool Hand Luke, The Waltons), who died at 85.
- Piero d'Inzeo, Italian equestrian rider (Olympic silver individual & team jumping 1956,60; bronze 1956,60,64,72), who died at 90.
On this day in 2013
- EVENTS
- Sir Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, says he believes "a recovery is in sight" after fears raised about a triple dip recession.
- 16 Muslim insurgents are killed in an attack on a Narathiwat military base, Thailand.
- 10 civilians, including 3 children, are killed by a NATO airstrike in the Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
- DEATHS
- Oswald Lewinter, Poet.
- John Ziemba, Race Car Driver.
- Rollin Smith, Race Car Driver.
- TV SERIES
- Southland: Season 5 is released.
C. Thomas Howell as Officer “Dewey” Dudek returns to season five as a regular cast member.