A look back at history on this date
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A snap election is held in Germany.
Four simultaneous prison riots leave at least 62 people dead in Ecuador.
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.
Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.
Parliamentary elections are held in Djibouti.
The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.
A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
Unknown criminals pour more than 2+1⁄2 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.
A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
The Japanese WINDS satellite is launched.
Alice Litman
English transgender woman (2002–2022)
Born 2002Femke Broeders-Bol
Dutch hurdler and sprinter (born 2000)
Born 2000Jamal Murray
Canadian basketball player (born 1997)
Born 1997D'Angelo Russell
American basketball player (born 1996)
Born 1996Nick Schmaltz
American ice hockey player (born 1996)
Born 1996Andrew Wiggins
Canadian basketball player (born 1995)
Born 1995Triptii Dimri
Indian actress (born 1994)
Born 1994Neviana Vladinova
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
Born 1994Larry Dolan
American attorney (1931–2025)
2025Chris Jasper
American singer, composer and producer (1951–2025)
2025Al Trautwig
American sports commentator (1956–2025)
2025Flaco (owl)
Owl that escaped from a New York City zoo (2010–2024)
2024Tony Earl
American politician (1936–2023)
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