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Today in the World Countries

DEATHS
Éder Jofre, Brazilian boxer (WBA, WBC & The Ring Bantamweight, WBC Featherweight titles; International Boxing HOF), who died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy at 86.

EVENTS
Massive oil slick from a pipeline discovered off California, along Orange County coast covering 13 square miles.
DEATHS
Sidney Walton, War Hero.
John Wes Townley, Race Car Driver.

EVENTS
US President Donald Trump announces via twitter that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19 pandemic, President hospitalized later that day.
DEATHS
Ron Perranoski, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1963,65; AL saves leader 1969,70; LA Dodgers) and coach (World Series 1981,88; LAD), who died at 84.
Bob Gibson, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1968,70; NL MVP 1968; 9 x MLB All Star; St. Louis Cardinals), who died from pancreatic cancer at 84.
Bob Hogle, Race Car Driver.
Bob Miller, American ice hockey center (47 games USA; Boston Bruins, Colorado Rockies, LA Kings), who died at 64.

EVENTS
Australian women's cricket wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy smashes T20I world record 148 not out off 61 balls against Sri Lanka in Sydney; her century from Australian record 46 balls.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex sue British newspaper The Mail on Sunday claiming it published her private letter.
Two politicians in Peru claim to be the country's leader for a day until Mercedes Aráoz resigns so the constitutional court can rule on the matter.
DEATHS
Barrie Masters, British pub-rock singer (Eddie & the Hot Rods - "Teenage Depression"), who died of drug intoxication at 63.
Bill Bidwill, American NFL team owner (Arizona Cardinals 1962-2019), who died at 88.
Bud Burdick, Race Car Driver.
Giya Kancheli, Georgian composer (NightPrayers; Exil), who died at 84.

EVENTS
Nobel prize in Physics awarded to Arthur Ashkin (optical tweezers), Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland ( both for laser beams).
US First Lady Melania Trump arrives in Ghana to begin a four-nation tour of Africa.
Saudi American journalist Jamal Khashoggi enters the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen again prompting a diplomatic crisis.
The Queen's Window, with stained glass designed by David Hockney, celebrating the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, is consecrated at Westminster Abbey.
DEATHS
Jamal Khashoggi, Journalist.
Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian dissident, author, Washington Post columnist and editor in chief (Al-Arab News Channel), assassinated in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul at 59, reportedly on the orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Geoff Emerick, British sound engineer and record producer (Beatles; Elvis Costello), who died of a heart attack at 72.

EVENTS
US scientists Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young awarded Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for work on the body clock.
DEATHS
Tom Petty, American classic rock singer and songwriter Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "American Girl" ; Traveling Wilburys - "Last Night" ; solo -" I Won't Back Down"), who died of an accidental overdose at 66.
Tom Petty, American classic rock singer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), who died of an accidental overdose at 66.
Tom Petty, Rock Singer.
Robert Yates, American auto racing team owner and engine builder (Yates Racing, NASCAR), who died from cancer at 74.
Donna Ares, World Music Singer.

EVENTS
Colombia votes against a peace agreement with rebel group FARC in a national referendum.
Colombia votes against a peace agreement with rebel group FARC in a national referundum.
Kim Kardashian is robbed at gunpoint of $10 million worth of jewelry in her hotel in Paris.
Ryder Cup Golf, Hazeltine National GC: US regains Cup; beats Europe,17-11; Americans Brooks Koepka, Brandt Snedeker & Patrick Reed each win 3 matches.
Veteran broadcaster Vin Scully calls his final LA Dodgers game (7-1 loss in San Francisco) after a record 67 MLB seasons.
Veteran broadcaster Vin Scully calls his final LA Dodgers game (7-1 loss in SF) after a record 67 MLB seasons.
WEDDINGS
Actress Lyndsy Fonseca at the age of 29 weds actor Noah Bean at the age of 37 at Saltwater Farm in Connecticut.
Actress Zosia Mamet at the age of 28 weds actor Evan Jonigkeit at the Cedar Lakes Estate in Port Jervis, New York.
DEATHS
Neville Marriner, English conductor and violinist (Academy of St Martin in the Fields), who died at 92.
Thomas Round, British tenor (Gilbert and Sullivan For All), who died at 100.

EVENTS
Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi are arrested in Vermont after leaving Canada.
DEATHS
Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-British jazz double bassist (Joe Harriot Quintet), who died at 100.
Brian Friel, Irish dramatist "Irish Chekhov" (Dancing at Lughnasa), who died at 86.
Brian Friel, Playwright.
Lindsay Kline, Australian cricketer (Australian chinaman bowler Hat-trick 1957), who died at 81.
Steve Camacho, West Indian cricket batsman, author, administrator (11 Tests, CEO WI Cricket Board), who died at 69.

EVENTS
Siege of Syrian town Kobani and its surrounds by ISIS prompts 130,00 people to flee the area.
15 people are killed after a gun powder plant explodes in Gorni Lom, Bulgaria.
15 people are killed after a gunpowder plant explodes in Gorni Lom, Bulgaria.

EVENTS
8 people are killed and 14 are injured after an accident involving an SUV, church bus, and tractor trailer in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
DEATHS
Bob Rozario, American pianist (Louis Prima), and orchestra leader (Bobby Darin; Tony Orlando; Donny & Marie), who died of cancer at 80.
Tom Clancy, Novelist.