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This Day One Year Ago in 2023

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Re: This Day One Year Ago in 2023

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March 29th : Thirty-one people are killed and more than 200 others are rescued after a ferry catches fire near an island in Basilan, Philippines. At least seven are still missing.

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Re: This Day One Year Ago in 2023

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March 30th. Former US President Donald Trump will be charged over hush money payments made to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election. The details of the case against him have not yet been released. A grand jury has voted to indict him after investigating a $130,000 pay-out to Stormy Daniels in an attempt to buy her silence over an alleged affair.

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March 31st : Pirates kidnap some crew members of a Danish owned ship which they later abandon near São Tomé and Príncipe


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April 1st : Two people are killed and another is injured after a hot air balloon catches fire near Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, Mexico


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Re: This Day One Year Ago in 2023

Post by Dave » Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:04 pm

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April 2nd. Leicester City have sacked manager Brendan Rodgers after Saturday's 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace, with the club's board "compelled to take alternative action" to stay in the Premier League. A fifth defeat in six league games dropped them into the relegation zone.

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April 3rd : A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, killing eight people, injuring several others, and causing damage.

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2023

April 4th. Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by the billionaire Sir Richard Branson, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US after last-ditch efforts to find funding for the struggling space firm fell through.

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April 5th : Four children are killed and four others are injured in a hatchet attack at a kindergarten in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil.


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2023

April 6th. Chloe Kelly held her nerve to fire the winning spot kick as European champions England claimed the inaugural Women's Finalissima following a tense encounter at Wembley.

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April 7th : An Italian tourist is killed and six Britons and Italians are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in Tel Aviv, Israel. The perpetrator is shot dead by police.


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April 8th. Iran’s authorities are installing cameras in public places to identify women defying the country’s compulsory dress code. On Saturday, local police said cameras will be installed in public places to penalise women not wearing veils. The violators will receive “warning text messages as to the consequences”, said the police statement. The move is aimed at “preventing resistance against the hijab law”, it said.

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April 9th. Six skiers, including two guides, have died after being caught in an avalanche in the French Alps on Sunday. The disaster happened at the Armancette glacier, near Mont Blanc in south-eastern France, at about midday local time.

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April 10th. U.S. national security agencies are reviewing how they share their most sensitive secrets inside the U.S. government, and dealing with the diplomatic fallout from the release of dozens of confidential documents, three U.S. officials said.

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April 11th : The Shiveluch volcano in the Russian Far East erupts, sending ash up to 20 kilometres (12 mi) into the air.


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Re: This Day One Year Ago in 2023

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April 12th. After a brief stop in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Joe Biden undertook a three-day personal and political pilgrimage to the Republic of Ireland, timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement. The US president spent time in Dublin on Thursday, and on Friday visited County Mayo

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April 13th : Cyclone Ilsa makes landfall between De Grey and Pardoo Roadhouse in Western Australia, as a category five cyclone.

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