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Soham murders
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Soham murders

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On 4 August 2002, two 10-year-old girls, Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Amiee Chapman, were lured into the home of a local resident and school caretaker, Ian Huntley, in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England. Both children were murdered – most likely by asphyxiation – and their bodies disposed of in an irrigation ditch close t…

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2026 Iran war
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Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The c…

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Kristi Noem
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Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem is an American politician who served as the eighth United States secretary of homeland security …

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2021
2021_Bata_explosions
A series of four explosions at a military barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea caused at least 107 deaths.
2009
Kepler_space_telescope
The Kepler space telescope (depicted), designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, was launched.
2009
Dissident_Irish_republican_campaign
Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.
1985
Charity_record
The charity single "We Are the World" by the supergroup USA for Africa was released, and went on to sell more than 20 million copies.
1968
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area.
1965
Civil_rights_movement
Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday".
1945
World_War_II
World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion.
1941
German_submarine_U-47_(1938)
The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.
1936
Remilitarisation_of_the_Rhineland
Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I.
1900
Ocean_liner
The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.

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