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On This Day

• 2018 Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 Hispanic workers in one of the largest immigration raids in the history of the U.S.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement2018 Southeastern Provisions raid
• 2010 An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners in the United States' worst mining disaster in 40 years.
Coal miningWest VirginiaUpper Big Branch Mine disaster
• 2009 The North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 was launched from the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground and passed over Japan, sparking concerns it may have been a trial run of technology that could be used to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2Tonghae Satellite Launching GroundIntercontinental ballistic missile
• 2002 In the first reported data breach, 250,000 social security numbers collected by the State of California were stolen from a data center.
Data breachSocial Security numberCalifornia
• 2000 Fan violence broke out before a UEFA Cup semifinal in Istanbul, Turkey, resulting in two Leeds United supporters being stabbed to death and Galatasaray supporters being banned from attending the second leg in England.
2000 UEFA Cup semi-final violenceUEFA Europa LeagueLeeds United F.C.Galatasaray S.K. (football)
• 1998 The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (pictured), then the world's longest suspension bridge, linking Awaji Island and Kobe in Japan, opened to traffic.
Akashi Kaikyo BridgeList of longest suspension bridge spansAwaji IslandKobe
• 1986 The Libyan secret service bombed a discotheque in West Berlin, resulting in three deaths and 229 others injured.
West Berlin discotheque bombingWest Berlin
• 1979 Faculty members, clerical workers, and librarians at Boston University went on strike.
Boston University1979 Boston University strike
• 1966 During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese military prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempted to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down.
Buddhist UprisingSouth VietnamNguyễn Cao KỳDa Nang
• 1955 Aware that he was slowing down both physically and mentally in his old age, Winston Churchill retired as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Winston ChurchillPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1944 Siegfried Lederer, a Czech Jew, escaped from Auschwitz with the aid of an SS officer who opposed the Holocaust.
History of the Jews in the Czech landsSiegfried Lederer's escape from AuschwitzSS-TotenkopfverbändeThe Holocaust
• 1936 An F5 tornado struck Tupelo, Mississippi, killing at least 216 people during one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
Fujita scaleTupelo, Mississippi1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak
• 1933 Nazi sympathisers attempted to kidnap two German-Jewish filmmakers in Liechtenstein.
Rotter kidnapping
• 1902 A spectator stand collapsed (pictured) during a football match at Ibrox Park in Govan, Scotland, killing 25 supporters and injuring more than 500 others.
1902 Ibrox disasterIbrox StadiumGovan
• 1863 New Zealand Wars: The invasion of the Waikato ended after the Kīngitanga forces of King Tāwhiao abandoned their pā at Te Tiki o te Ihingarangi and migrated east to what became known as the King Country.
New Zealand WarsInvasion of the WaikatoMāori King movementTāwhiaoPāKing Country
• 1847 Birkenhead Park, generally acknowledged as the world's first publicly funded civic park, opened in Birkenhead, England.
Birkenhead ParkBirkenhead
• 1710 The Statute of Anne, the first legislation in Great Britain providing for copyright regulated by the government and courts, received royal assent and entered into force five days later.
Statute of AnneCopyrightRoyal assent
• 1614 Pocahontas (pictured), a Native American woman, married English colonist John Rolfe, leading to a period of peace between the Powhatan people and the inhabitants of Jamestown, Virginia.
PocahontasNative Americans in the United StatesJohn RolfePowhatanJamestown, Virginia
• 919 The Fatimid Caliphate began a second unsuccessful invasion of Egypt, then under Abbasid rule.
Fatimid CaliphateFatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921)Abbasid Caliphate