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Today in the World Countries
- Benito Juarez's Birthday is being celebrated in Mexico
- Independence Day is being celebrated in Tunisia
- Novruz Holiday is being celebrated in Azerbaijan
- Saint Joseph's Day is being celebrated in Colombia
- World Frog Day is being celebrated in International
Today in Astrology
- People born on this day are Pisces as their zodiac sign.
Today in History
Happening Today
- EVENTS
- Chinese leader Xi Jinping visits Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow, the first between the two since Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago.
On this day in 2022
- EVENTS
- Intense fighting in Ukrainian city of Mariupol continues as Russian forces encircle the city, trapping 300,000 people.
On this day in 2021
- EVENTS
- Miami Beach imposes a state of emergency and a curfew as large crowds descend on the area for spring break.
- Overseas spectators will not be allowed to attend the Tokyo Summer Olympics due to the pandemic Japanese organizers confirm.
- Severe one-in-a-hundred-year flooding in Sydney and the surrounding state of New South Wales prompts evacuation orders.
- DEATHS
- Peter Lorimer, Scottish soccer midfielder (21 caps; Leeds United 526 games), who died at 74.
- Peter Lorimer, Soccer Player.
On this day in 2020
- EVENTS
- Smoke from Australian bushfires killed more people than the fires - 417 vs 33 according to new study published in "Medical Journal of Australia".
- India hangs four men for 2012 gang rape and murder of woman on a bus in New Delhi, country's first hanging since 2013.
- After 20 years with the New England Patriots, six-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady officially agrees to move to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a 2-year $50m guaranteed deal.
- DEATHS
- Borislav Stankovic, Serbian Basketball Hall of Fame administrator (International Basketball Federation secretary general 1976-2002), who died at 94.
- Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter (The Gambler, Through the Years) and entrepreneur (Kenny Rogers Roasters), who died of natural causes at 81.
- Kenny Rogers, Country Singer.
- Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Soccer Player.
On this day in 2019
- EVENTS
- The Walt Disney Company acquires Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox entertainment business for $71 billion.
- Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts calls the state's flooding "the most widespread destruction we have ever seen in our state's history".
- Four men arrested in South Korea for secretly filming 1,600 hotel guests and selling the footage via a website.
- Finland is the world's happiest country, South Sudan is world's least happy, according to annual World Happiness Report.
- A woman who can smell Parkinson's disease has helped researchers identify molecules on the skin of people with the disease in Manchester, England.
- BIRTHS
- Rylie Garcia, Family Member, born in Mexico.
- DEATHS
- Randy Jackson, American baseball third baseman (MLB All Star 1954,55; Chicago Cubs), who died of pneumonia at 93.
- Randy Jackson, American MLB baseball third baseman,1950-59,2X All-Star (Chicago Cubs; Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodger; Cleveland Indians), who died of pneumonia at 93.
On this day in 2018
- EVENTS
- Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House.
- Actress Cynthia Nixon announces she will run for New York Governor.
- DEATHS
- Ariel Bybee, American mezzo-soprano (Morman Tabernacle Choir; Metropolitan Opera,1977-95), who died at 75.
- Bobby Mitchell, American golfer (US Masters runner-up 1972), who died of a heart attack at 75.
- Bob Greeley, Race Car Driver.
- Katie Boyle [Lady Sander Saunders], Italian born British actress and broadcaster (Eurovision), who died at 91.
On this day in 2017
- EVENTS
- Indian rivers Yamuna and the Ganges declared "living entities" by court in the state of Uttarakhand.
- DEATHS
- George Weinberg, American psychotherapist (coined "homophobia"), who died at 87.
- Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino Senator, lawmaker and womens rights activist who led the drafting of the international women’s bill of rights, who died of colon cancer at 87.
- Brad Holman, Race Car Driver.
- David Rockefeller, American CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank) and philanthropist, who died at 101.
- Autumn Snyder, Family Member.
On this day in 2016
- EVENTS
- Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a 3 day tour.
- DEATHS
- Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (1972-3,75-82), who died at 93.
- Peter Williams, British organist and musicologist, who died at 78.
On this day in 2015
- BIRTHS
- Olivia Manzano Reyes, Instagram Star, born in Manila, Philippines.
- DEATHS
- Jim Berry, American cartoonist (Berry's World), who died at 83.
- Malcolm Fraser, Australian Prime Minister (Liberal,1975-83), who died at 84.
- Gregory Walcott, American actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space,87th Precinct), who died at 87.
- A.J. Pero, American drummer (Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It"), who died of a heart attack at 55.
- Eva Burrows, Austrian Salvation Army officer,13th General of The Salvation Army, who died at 85.
- Robert Kastenmeier, American politician (Rep-D-WI,1959-91), who died at 91.
- Perro Aguayo, Jr., Mexican wrestler (CMLL), who died of cardiac arrest in the ring at 35.
On this day in 2014
- DEATHS
- Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian soccer defender (51 caps; Vasco da Gama, São Paulo), who died from complications from a heart attack at 83.
On this day in 2013
- EVENTS
- First Breakthrough Prizes, world's most generous science prize worth $3 million, awarded in Mathematics, Life Sciences and Physics established by Julia and Yuri Milner.
- Pierre Deligne wins the 2013 Abel Prize in mathematics.
- DEATHS
- James Herbert, British horror writer, who died at 69.