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Prince George of Wales is a member of the British royal family. He is the eldest child of William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and the eldest grandchild of Ki…
Prince George of Wales
Charles Arthur Bruzon was a Gibraltarian politician and former Roman Catholic priest. He was affiliated with the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP). In the general elections o…
Charles Bruzon, Gibraltarian politician (born 1938)
Ali Kafi was an Algerian politician who was Chairman of the High Council of State and acting President from 1992 to 1994.
Ali Kafi, Algerian politician (born 1928)
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers…
Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage
An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jup…
The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries
The 2013 El Reno tornado was an extremely large, intense, and erratic tornado that occurred and hit a rural part of Central Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31, 2013. This …
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In June 2013, a mid-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since t…
A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, bec
Siegfried Ludwig was an Austrian politician and Governor of Lower Austria from 1981 to 1992.
Siegfried Ludwig, Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria (born 1926)
Pentti Alexander Lund was a Finnish Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Lund was ofte…
Pentti Lund, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925)
George Beverly Shea was a Canadian-born American gospel singer and hymn composer. Shea was often described as "America's beloved gospel singer" and was considered "the first intern…
George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (born 1909)
George Allen "Pat" Summerall was an American professional football player and television sportscaster who worked for CBS, Fox, and ESPN. In addition to football, he announced major…
Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (born 1930)
Nikolas Wallenda is an American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist, and author. He is known for his high-wire performances without a safety net. He holds 11 Guinness W…
Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope
Nanga Parbat , known as Diamer in Shina, is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth with its summit at 8,126 m (26,660 ft) above sea level. Lying immediately southeast of the northernm…
Militants storm a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, killing ten cl
The prime minister of Italy, officially the president of the Council of Ministers, is the head of government of the Italian Republic. The office of president of the Council of Mini…
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underag
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in…
NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez was a Mexican architect. He was persuaded to study architecture by writer and poet Carlos Pellicer.
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (born
Carlos Alberto Monteiro Dias da Graça was a São Toméan politician who served as the country's sixth prime minister.
Carlos Graça, São Toméan politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (born 1931)
Fatuma binti Baraka, popularly known as Bi Kidude, was a Tanzanian taarab singer from Zanzibar. She has been called the "queen of taarab and Unyago music" and was inspired by earli…
Bi Kidude, Tanzanian Taarab singer (born ≈1910)
Yngve Moe was a Norwegian bass guitarist and founding member of the rock band Dance with a Stranger.
Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter (born 1957)
The Yarnell Hill Fire was a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, ignited by dry lightning on June 28, 2013. On June 30, it overran and killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots…
Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona
Protests occurred in Egypt on 30 June 2013, marking the one-year anniversary of Mohamed Morsi's presidency. The events ended with the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état after mass protests …
Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their o
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the no…
Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.
The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the head of state of Egypt. Under the various iterations of the Constitution of Egypt following the Egyptian revolution of 1952, the …
President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is removed from office by the military after four days of protests all over the…