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October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) ... At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of ...
January 14: Ratification Day in the United States Poster for the premiere of Tosca 1301 – King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty , which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.
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Sri Lanka drops charges against Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, who was accused of being part of a group of 14 navy personnel who kidnapped 11 children and murdered them after attempting to extort money from their families. The actual number of children murdered by the group is suspected to be at least three times higher.
Business and economy The number of mortgage foreclosures in the United States in September 2010 exceeds 100,000 for the first time. (Reuters) Disasters Floods kill an elderly man in Turkey's Bursa. (Hurriyet) International relations American actor and UN peace messenger, George Clooney, calls for the freezing of assets held by Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the ...
144 years ago, the Great Fire of Chicago took over the city, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
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1770 – Adam Johann von Krusenstern Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (d. 1846) [14] 1780 – John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (d. 1844) 1794 – William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician (d. 1871) 1810 – Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1897)