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2007  Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis declares a national state of emergency after a series of devastating wildfires ravage western Peloponese and southern Euboea, killing 68 people   

2012  330 people are killed as a result of conflict in the Syrian civil war.   

2013  41 people are killed in a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq   

2014  66th Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Seth Meyers broadcast on NBC.   

2017  President Donald Trump grants presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of contempt of court for racial profiling   

2017  Category 4 Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas northeast of Corpus Christi with 130 m.p.h. winds.   

2017  Indian spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is convicted of raping two of his followers in Panchkula   

2017  Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong jailed for 5 years for corruption in South Korea.   

2017  ongoing - A military operation targeting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar "seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing", according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.   

2017  Hurricane Harvey strikes the United States as a Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the Houston metropolitan area, mostly due to record-breaking floods. At least 90 deaths are recorded, and total damage reaches $198.6 billion (2017 USD), making Harvey the costliest natural disaster in United States history.   

2018  Afghan Islamic State leader Abu Saad Erhabi and 10 others killed in an air strike in province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan   

2019  2019 Beirut drone crash: According to Lebanese officials, two Israeli drones attack Beirut, Lebanon. One crashed into the roof of the Hezbollah Media Center, about 45 minutes before the second exploded in the air and damaged the building. It was the inaugural such incident between Israel and Lebanon since the 2006 Lebanon War   

2020  WHO announces that Africa has eradicated polio (defined as four years since last case) Learn More   

2020  Africa is declared free of wild polio, the second virus to be eradicated from the continent since smallpox 40 years previously   

2024  The Israel Defense Forces begin a series of preemptive strikes against targets in the south of Lebanon   

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1530  Ivan iv (the terrible): 1st tsar of russia (1533-84)   

1561  Philippe van lansberge: Dutch astronomer   

1624  François de la chaise: French confessor of louis xiv of france   

1662  John leverett the younger: American educator   

1664  Johan van de bergh: Leids regent   

1718  Johann jacob rowalt: Composer   

1724  George stubbs: England, animal painter (house frightened by lion)   

1741  Karl friedrich bahrdt: German theologian   

0079  Gaius plinius secundus: [plinius maior], roman admiral/writer,   

0383  Flavius gratianus: Emperor of rome (375-383), murdered at 25   

0882  Louis iii: King of france (879-82),   

1192  Hugh iii: Duke of burgundy (b. 1142)   

1227  Ghengis khan: [temudjin], founded mongolia,   

1270  Louis ix: The saint, king of france (1226-70),   

1282  Thomas cantilupe: English saint (b. ca 1218)   

1330  Sir james douglas: Scottish soldier (b. 1286)