A look back at history on this date
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Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.
The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.
The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.
The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
Ian Chen (actor)
American actor
Born 2006Tsugumi Aritomo
Japanese singer, dancer, model (born 2004)
Born 2004Gracie Abrams
American singer (born 1999)
Born 1999Laurie Jussaume
Canadian cyclist
Born 1999Dean-Charles Chapman
English actor (born 1997)
Born 1997Donovan Mitchell
American basketball player (born 1996)
Born 1996Elinor Barker
Welsh racing cyclist (born 1994)
Born 1994Maren Lundby
Norwegian ski jumper (born 1994)
Born 1994Dan Morgenstern
American jazz historian (1929–2024)
2024Wanda Janicka
Polish architect (1923–2023)
2023Pedro Jirón
Nicaraguan footballer
2018Mac Miller
American rapper (1992–2018)
2018Dickie Moore (actor)
American actor (1925–2015)
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