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• Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik
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On This Day

• 2010 In the deadliest air accident in Pakistan's history, Airblue Flight 202 crashed into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, killing all 152 aboard.
List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidentsAirblue Flight 202Margalla HillsIslamabad
• 2005 The Provisional Irish Republican Army announced the formal end of its armed campaign to overthrow British rule in Northern Ireland and create a united Ireland.
Provisional Irish Republican ArmyProvisional Irish Republican Army campaignNorthern IrelandUnited Ireland
• 2005 Britain's costliest tornado struck Birmingham, injuring 39 people and causing £40 million of damage across the city.
2005 Birmingham tornado
• 2001 At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single FINA world championship.
2001 World Aquatics ChampionshipsFukuokaIan ThorpeWorld Aquatics Championships
• 1995 Two followers of the Indian mystic Rajneesh were convicted of a 1985 plot to assassinate Charles Turner, the U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon.
Rajneesh movementRajneesh1985 Rajneeshee assassination plotCharles H. Turner (attorney)United States AttorneyUnited States District Court for the District of Oregon
• 1976 An earthquake registering 7.6 Mw, one of the deadliest in history, devastated Tangshan, China, and killed at least 240,000 people.
1976 Tangshan earthquakeMoment magnitude scaleTangshan
• 1945 A B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, killing 14 people and causing an estimated $1 million in damage.
North American B-25 Mitchell1945 Empire State Building B-25 crashEmpire State Building
• 1940 At the Salzburg Conference, German dictator Adolf Hitler demanded the replacement of much of Slovakia's cabinet.
Salzburg ConferenceAdolf Hitler
• 1939 During the excavation of a 7th-century ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England, archaeologists discovered a helmet (reconstruction pictured) that is widely associated with King Rædwald of East Anglia.
Ship burialSutton HooSuffolkSutton Hoo helmetRædwald of East Anglia
• 1917 In New York City, the NAACP and church and community leaders organized a silent march of at least 8,000 people to protest violence directed towards African Americans.
NAACPSilent ParadeAfrican Americans
• 1915 U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince to begin a nineteen-year occupation of Haiti.
United States Marine CorpsPort-au-PrinceUnited States occupation of Haiti
• 1911 The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began with the departure of SY Aurora from London.
Australasian Antarctic ExpeditionSY Aurora
• 1899 A Category 1 hurricane (map pictured) made landfall in Azua Province, Dominican Republic, and destroyed three large schooners at Santo Domingo; only one crew member on the three vessels survived.
1899 Carrabelle hurricaneAzua ProvinceSchoonerSanto Domingo
• 1866 Aged 18, Vinnie Ream became the youngest artist and first woman to receive a United States government commission for a statue—that of Abraham Lincoln currently in the Capitol rotunda.
Vinnie ReamAbraham LincolnUnited States Capitol rotunda
• 1821 Peruvian War of Independence: Argentine general José de San Martín declared the independence of Peru from the Spanish Empire.
Peruvian War of IndependenceJosé de San MartínSpanish Empire
• 1540 King Henry VIII of England had his chief minister Thomas Cromwell executed for treason and heresy.
Henry VIIIThomas Cromwell
• 1148 Crusades: The siege of Damascus ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims, leading to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.
CrusadesSiege of Damascus (1148)Second Crusade