Today in History
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2012 Assassination Attempt on Malala Yousafzai
The Pakistani education activist was shot at and injured while going back home from school. Malala s
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1986 Phantom of Opera makes its theatrical debut
The musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in
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1970 Khmer Republic established
The Khmer Republic was formally established under the leadership of General Lon Nol and Prince Sisow
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1962 Ugandan independence
Uganda gained independence from British rule. The country had become a British protectorate in 1894,
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1874 General Postal Union Created
The precursor the Universal Postal Union, a specialized agency of the United Nations, was formed aft
Births On This Day,
October, 9
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1970 Annika Sörenstam
Swedish golfer
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1969 PJ Harvey
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer
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1966 David Cameron
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1940 John Lennon
English singer-songwriter, musician, producer
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1888 Nikolai Bukharin
Russian politician
Deaths On This Day,
October, 9
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2004 Jacques Derrida
French philosopher
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1978 Jacques Brel
Belgian singer-songwriter, actor
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1974 Oskar Schindler
Czech/German businessman
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1967 Che Guevara
Argentine/Cuban physician, author, intellectual, diplomat, theorist
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1958 Pope Pius XII
