A look back at history on this date
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Israel initiates air strikes against Iran, initiating the Twelve Day War.
At least 100 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria.
Three people are killed and another three injured in an early morning stabbing and van ramming attack in Nottingham, England.
A gas explosion in Zhangwan district of Shiyan city, in Hubei province of China, kills at least 12 people and wounds over 138 others.
Volkswagen is fined one billion euros over the emissions scandal.
A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth by landing in the Australian Outback.
The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
The jury acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of his charges for allegedly sexually molesting a child in 1993.
The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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