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1990 Boris Yeltsin steps down from the Soviet Communist Party, spelling the end of communism in Russia 
1990 Richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71
1992 Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies
1993 In the Hokkaido, Japan Region, a 7.6 earthquake killed at least 200 people and 39 missing in the Hokkaido region, including at least 165 killed on Okushiri.
1993 Gusti Huber, Mother of Bibi Besch, dies of heart failure at 78.
1994 David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy, dies at 56.
1995 Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49.
1996 Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar Naturalist, dies at 84.
1997 Waterloo - St. Jacobs Railway commences passenger service over the former CN Waterloo Spur between Waterloo and Elmira, Ont.
2005 In this year, Terrorists kill 5 people and wound 90 people in a crowded mall in Netanya, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack
2007 Queen Elizabeth II visits the world's largest Commonwealth war grave in Ypres, Belgium to pay respects to fallen soldiers of the Battle of Passchendaele.
2007 Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b.1947).
2012 200 people are killed by the Syrian army in Tremseh
2013 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris.
2017 Giant iceberg breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6000 sq km in length.
2018 World's longest fingernails cut off; Shridhar Chillal's nails measured 909.6cm after growing for 66 years
2018 Sandra Oh is the inaugural woman to be nominated for an Emmy award in a leading role for "Killing Eve"
2018 Republic of Ireland will be the inaugural country to sell off its investments in fossil fuel companies after passing legislation in parliament.
2018 US President Trump arrives in the UK for a four-day visit amid protests
2018 Chemical plant explosion in Jiangan County, Sichuan Province, China, results in the deaths of at least 19.
2018 "Misson: Impossible - Fallout", directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise , Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson, premieres in Paris.
2019 In this year, Asasey Hotel attack: A car bomb and a gun attack kill at least 26 people, including two prominent journalists and nine foreigners, in Kismayo, Somalia. Islamist group al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
2020 China reports 141 dead or missing in floods since June; 28000 homes have been damaged.
2021 2021 European floods: Heavy rain leads to flooding in the border region of Germany and Belgium, resulting in 229 deaths, including 184 in Germany, 42 in Belgium with 1 person still missing there,[150] and 2 in Romania. The event is attributed to a slowed jetstream caused by climate change.[150].
2025 "Zootopia 2" is recorded as becoming the quickest PG-rated film to reach $1 Billion at the box office worldwide [1]
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