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The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered…
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the…
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage and multiple deaths across the Antilles and Eastern United States in Septembe…
Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the…
On 15 September 2017, at around 08:20 BST, an explosion occurred on a District line train at Parsons Green Underground station, in London, England. Thirty people were treated in ho…
The Parsons Green bombing takes place in London.
Roger Eugene Ailes was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television. Ailes was a medi…
Roger Ailes, American businessman (born 1940)
Christopher John Cornell was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary lyricist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. He also ha…
Chris Cornell, American singer (born 1964)
Jacque Fresco was an American futurist and self-described social engineer. Self-taught, he worked in a variety of positions related to industrial design.
Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (born 1916)
The 2017 Puebla earthquake, also known as 19S, struck at 13:14 CDT on 19 September 2017 with an estimated magnitude of 7.1 Mw and strong shaking for about 20 seconds. Its epicenter…
The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
Hurricane Maria was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that affected the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly in the U.S. territory of Puerto…
Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths,…
Robert Jonathan Demme was an American filmmaker. His career of directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and televisio…
Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (born 1944)
Mariano Gagnon was an American Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, who served as a missionary in Peru. Gagnon founded the Cutivereni mission in Peru's Ene River valley to assist …
Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (born 1929)
Rabbi Binyamin "Benny" Elon was an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009. A ninth-gen…
Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (born 1954)
Nawshirwan Mustafa was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the General Coordinator of the Movement for Change and the leader of the opposition in the Kurdistan Region from 1 …
Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (born 1944)
Nicholas Patrick Hayden, nicknamed "The Kentucky Kid", was an American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006. Hayden began racing motorcycles …
Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (born 1981)
Sir Roger George Moore was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions/MGM Studios film series, playi…
Roger Moore, English actor (born 1927)
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov was a Russian lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 Septemb…
Stanislav Petrov, Lt
Zbigniew "Zbig" Kazimierz Brzeziński was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was Jimmy Carter's …
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born American politician (born 1928)
Gregory LeNoir Allman was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues …
Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1947)
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was a Panamanian military officer and politician who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He never officially served as president of Pa…
Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (born 1934)
Mordechai Tzipori was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Communications from 1981 until 1984.
Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli Lieutenant General and minister (born 1924)
Konstantinos Mitsotakis was a Greek liberal politician and statesman. He served as prime minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993.
Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician and prime minister (born 1918)
Peter Sallis was an English actor. He was the original voice of Wallace in the Academy Award-winning Wallace & Gromit films and played Norman "Cleggy" Clegg in Last of the Summer W…
Peter Sallis, English actor (born 1921)
Juan Goytisolo Gay was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the begi…
Juan Goytisolo, Spanish essayist, poet and novelist (born 1931)
Andrew Cunningham was an English actor, puppeteer, ventriloquist and writer. He was the creator and main writer of the children's BBC television series Bodger & Badger, in which he…
Andy Cunningham, English actor (born 1950)
Cheick Ismaël Tioté was an Ivorian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (born 1986)