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- ... that a popular myth held that the French soldiers interred in Bayonet Trench (pictured) were buried alive with their rifles in their hands?
- ... that a lost chronicle of the kings of Kashmir is attributed to the author Ratnākara?
- ... that a critic described GNX, after its surprise release, as Kendrick Lamar's "greatest work" yet?
- ... that ballet dancer Nina Tikhonova taught dance to children who had been orphaned during World War II?
- ... that former adult actress Suzumi Suzuki's book Gifted was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize in 2022?
- ... that George Bogaars, as head of Singapore's Secret Branch, oversaw the detention of more than a hundred suspected communist sympathisers?
- ... that the Green Bay Packers won a snowy NFL playoff game by scoring six straight touchdowns after they had been losing 14–0?
- ... that William C. Roberts had to resign a pastorate in Ohio because his wife's illness was believed to be curable if she returned to her home state?
- ... that anarchism without adjectives has been described as an ecumenical or non-denominational form of anarchism?
On this day
- 537 – The reconstructed Hagia Sophia in Constantinople was inaugurated; built as a church, it later became a mosque and a museum.
- 1831 – HMS Beagle departed Plymouth, England, on a voyage to South America that established Charles Darwin (pictured) as a naturalist.
- 1939 – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck central Turkey, destroying 90 per cent of the buildings in the area, and causing over 32,000 deaths.
- 1979 – Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet troops stormed Tajbeg Palace outside Kabul and killed Afghan president Hafizullah Amin and his 100–150 elite guards.
- 2007 – Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a Pakistan People's Party political rally at Liaqat National Bagh in Rawalpindi.
- Prince Rupert of the Rhine (b. 1619)
- Agda Meyerson (d. 1924)
- Chyna (b. 1969)
- Amy Vanderbilt (d. 1974)
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