This Day One Year Ago in 2023

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February 28th. FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed the agency's conclusion that the COVID pandemic was probably the result of a lab leak in Wuhan, China.
Commenting for the first time on Tuesday about the FBI's judgment, Wray reiterated his agency's initial findings from 2021, adding that the Chinese government has allegedly worked to undermine the damning results.

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February 29th : There is no news to report for this date as it never happened, so I can have a holiday.

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March 1st : League Two Grimsby Town reached the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 84 years as penalties either side of half-time stunned Premier League strugglers Southampton.

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March 2nd. Pulp bassist Steve Mackey has tragically died aged 56, after spending the last three months 'fighting with all his strength and determination' in hospital. The musician passed away on Thursday morning, the band announced as his heartbroken wife Katie Grand revealed he had secretly been battling with his health.

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March 3rd : Veteran broadcaster Ken Bruce has thanked listeners after presenting his final Radio 2 show.

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March 4th. Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting in the streets of Bakhmut - but Russia does not control the eastern city, its deputy mayor has said. Oleksandr Marchenko also told the BBC the remaining 4,000 civilians are living in shelters without access to gas, electricity or water. Mr Marchenko said "not a single building" had remained untouched and that the city is "almost destroyed".

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March 5th : Liverpool delivered the complete performance and Mohamed Salah became the club's record Premier League goalscorer as Manchester United were overwhelmed at a joyous Anfield.

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March 6th. South Korea has controversially agreed to pay compensation to its own citizens who were forced to work in Japanese factories during World War Two. Seoul's proposal aims to resolve a colonial grievance that has long hindered relations between the nations.

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March 7th. More than 1.2 million protesters marched in France on Tuesday as rail workers and refinery staff began rolling strikes and trade unions stepped up their campaign to try to stop Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the pension age to 64.

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March 8th. A Kentucky police department that conducted the botched armed raid in which a hospital worker was killed routinely used excessive force, a Department of Justice review has found.
Louisville Metro Police engaged in a pattern of civil rights violations including unjustified neck restraints and canine attacks, the review said. The investigation followed the killing of Breonna Taylor during a chaotic raid in March 2020. She was hit with six bullets.

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March 9th : The actor Chaim Topol, best known for his portrayal of milkman Tevye in Fiddler On The Roof, has died at the age of 87, Israel's president has said.

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March 10th. Gary Lineker has been forced off his Match of the Day duties by the BBC because he won't apologise for his comments on social media, Sky News understands. The BBC said in a statement that the presenter will "step back" from hosting the weekly football highlights programme.

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March 11th : Gary Lineker has been pulled from BBC football highlights show Match of the Day after his social media posts criticised the UK government's new asylum policy.

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March 12th. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” was named best picture at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, capping off an improbable awards season run by winning the movie business’s highest honour.

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March 13th : Gary Glitter recalled to prison after breaching licence conditions after serving eight years of a 16-year sentence for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.

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March 14th. David Vencl emerged from the depths of Switzerland's Lake Sils on Tuesday after a record dive beneath the ice to a depth of more than 50 meters without a wetsuit.
The 40-year-old Czech diver's record vertical plunge to 52.1 meters in a single breath follows his entry into the Guinness World Records book for swimming the length of a frozen Czech lake in 2021.