Richard Gadd
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General elections were held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect all 543 members of the Lok S…
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On This Day
10 events2026
Malian minister of defence Sadio Camara is killed during the start of coordinated attacks in the country.
2015
Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people.
2014
A water crisis began when officials in Flint, Michigan, switched the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to contamination.
2012
Daniel Chong is discovered in a holding room in San Diego, having been incarcerated for five days without food or water.
1990
Violeta Chamorro took office as President of Nicaragua, becoming the first female head of state in the Americas to have been elected in her own right.
1986
Mswati III (pictured) was crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
1983
The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia.
1982
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher told journalists in Downing Street to "rejoice" upon hearing news of the successful recapture of South Georgia from Argentine forces in the Falklands War.
1964
109 individuals were arrested in a police raid on a gay bar near Chicago.
1960
The U.S. Navy submarine Triton completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.