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Saint Ludger healing Bernlef
- ... that according to tradition Saint Ludger healed the Frisian bard Bernlef of his blindness (pictured) and taught him to play psalms on his harp?
- ... that light travelled 1.06 billion light-years from a trio of galaxies in the constellation of Cancer, where three supermassive black holes were colliding?
- ... that Nicholas Carlini showed that ChatGPT could leak personal information?
- ... that Takara's Treasure was created because its artist wanted to draw a story about a boy who speaks with a dialect?
- ... that in addition to having been a centre for local involvement in Chinese politics, the Kuomintang Building in Vancouver has hosted social events including a wedding reception?
- ... that Ron Tiavaasue was born in Samoa, grew up in New Zealand, played college football in the United States, and now plays professional football in Canada?
- ... that the concept of genocide was introduced in the 1944 book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe?
- ... that Michael Kettle received an award at the age of 80 for his work as a cricket groundskeeper?
- ... that Madonna once operated an elevator at Terrace on the Park?
In the news
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
- In Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah kill at least 558 people and injure more than 1,835 others.
- The Chess Olympiad concludes with India winning both the open and women's events.
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake (pictured) is elected President of Sri Lanka.
- At least 77 people are killed and more than 255 others are injured in an Islamist militant attack on Mali's capital, Bamako.
On this day
Kaweah Gap, Sequoia National Park
844 – Viking expansion: A Viking fleet arrived near Seville, then part of the Emirate of Córdoba, and began a raid of the city that was eventually repelled by Muslim defenders.
1790 – Peking opera was born with the introduction of Hui opera to Beijing by the "Four Great Anhui Troupes" in honour of the Qianlong Emperor's 80th birthday.
1890 – Sequoia National Park (pictured) was established to conserve giant sequoia trees in an area affected by logging in the southern Sierra Nevada in California.
1983 – In one of the largest prison escapes in British history, 38 Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners hijacked a meals lorry and broke out of HM Prison Maze in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Harald Hardrada (d. 1066)
John Lymburn (b. 1880)
Marian Breland Bailey (d. 2001)
Wang Bingzhang (d. 2005)
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