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Holy Trinity Anglican Church
- ... that Winnipeg's historic Holy Trinity Anglican Church (pictured) is at risk of structural failure within the next few years?
- ... that Olympic cyclist Michael Watson was hospitalised because of a dog?
- ... that the Roblox video game Grow a Garden once had more than 20 million simultaneous players?
- ... that Roberta G. Simmons found that an organ transplant was considered by some recipients to be "a burdensome debt"?
- ... that Kōsaku Yamada's Overture in D major has been described as "a kind of challenge by the composer to Japanese traditional music"?
- ... that actress Jennifer Brooke and her colleagues faced severe weather from Storm Imogen while filming her death scene for Hollyoaks?
- ... that Brunei Shell Petroleum, a joint-venture company, provided insights into oil discoveries that may have influenced Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III's stance on Malaysia?
- ... that Walter Bgoya published a novel by Aniceti Kitereza almost 35 years after it had been written?
- ... that an exiled Sakalava monarch sold Mayotte to the French in exchange for an annual pension?
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María Corina Machado
- Hamas and Israel commence a ceasefire and release hostages and prisoners as part of the Gaza peace plan.
- Flooding and landslides in Mexico leave more than 60 people dead.
- María Corina Machado (pictured) is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pro-democracy activism in Venezuela.
- José Jerí is sworn in as President of Peru after Dina Boluarte is removed from office by the Congress.
On this day
Coat of arms of Volgograd Oblast
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces captured Glasgow, Missouri, although it had little long-term benefit as Price's Missouri Expedition was defeated a week later.
1967 – The Motherland Calls (depicted in coat of arms), a colossal statue in Volgograd, Russia, which commemorates the casualties of the Battle of Stalingrad, was dedicated, becoming the then-tallest statue in the world.
2007 – New Zealand Police conducted several anti-terrorism raids in relation to the discovery of an alleged paramilitary training camp in the Urewera mountain ranges, arresting 17 people and seizing four guns and 230 rounds of ammunition.
2011 – Global demonstrations against economic inequality, corporate influence on government, and other issues, were held in more than 950 cities in 82 countries.
Lambert of Italy (d. 898)
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Manuel Flores (b. 1965)
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