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Daisy Pearce (born 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. Often regarded as the face of women's Australian rules football, Pearce has served as Melbourne captain starting with the AFLW's inaugural season in 2017. Pearce began her playing career in 2005 in the Victoria state league with the Darebin Falcons, captaining the club from 2008 to 2016. She represented Victoria at both under-19 and senior levels, and was recruited by Melbourne in 2013 for the first women's exhibition game. Pearce is a three-time AFL Women's All-Australian, having been named captain in the 2017 team and vice-captain in the 2018 team. She is a three-time Melbourne best and fairest winner and a four-time AFLW's best captain, having won the latter in four of her five completed AFLW seasons. Pearce is an established media personality on both television and radio. She is an expert commentator for the Seven Network and 1116 SEN's AFL coverage. (Full article...)

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1697 – The 13th-century castle of Tre Kronor in Stockholm burned down; plans for the current royal palace were presented within the year.
1763 – Pontiac, a Native American chief of the Odawa tribe, led an attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British, marking the start of Pontiac's War.
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1999 – Kosovo War: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
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The Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae, endemic to India and Bangladesh. The species's carapace grows to a maximum length of 27 centimetres (11 inches). This turtle of the subspecies P. t. tentoria was photographed beside the Chambal River in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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