This Day One Year Ago in 2023

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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.

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March 15th : Twenty-one people are killed by a coal mine explosion in Sutatausa, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

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March 16th. Raffle the rescue pooch may now be in doggy heaven, but his name lives on – in the form of a 200million-year-old fossil he discovered. The remarkably complete remains of a plesiosaur from the Jurassic era have finally gone on display, 16 years after Raffle stumbled across them at Lyme Regis in Dorset.

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March 17th : Fourteen people are killed and at least 12 others are injured by a roof collapse at a cold storage warehouse in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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March 18th. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The court alleges he is responsible for war crimes, and has focused its claims on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. It says the crimes were committed in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 - when Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

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March 19th : At least 19 people are killed and 25 others are injured when their bus falls into a ditch in Madaripur District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

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March 20th. A former soldier has become the first serving Australian serviceman or veteran charged with the war crime of murder for allegedly killing a civilian while on deployment in Afghanistan.

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March 21st : Utah adopts a new flag after the governor officializes it. It will come into official use in March of 2024.

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March 22nd. Boris Johnson lost his cool during his three-hour grilling by the Privileges Committee on Wednesday as he accused its members of "complete nonsense".
Mr Johnson's temper flared in response to a suggestion from Sir Bernard Jenkin, a senior Tory backbencher, that he did not seek "proper" advice before telling MPs that no parties took place in Downing Street during lockdown.

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March 23rd : World Athletics bans transgender women from competing in female world ranking events

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March 24th. The BBC has paused its decision to close the BBC Singers, after "a number of organisations" came forward to offer alternative funding. The group, which is the UK's only full-time professional chamber choir, was targeted by budget cuts shortly before celebrating its 100th anniversary. The proposal sparked a backlash, with 140,000 people signing a petition urging the BBC to reverse its decision.

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March 25th : One person is killed and three others are injured in a train crash at Galați railway station in Romania.

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March 26th. Manager Antonio Conte has left Tottenham Hotspur by mutual consent after 16 months in charge. Conte called the Spurs players "selfish" and criticised the club's culture in a remarkable news conference after their recent draw at Southampton.

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March 27th : At least seven people are killed by a landslide in Alausí, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador.

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March 28th. Presenter and comedian Paul O'Grady has died at the age of 67. He died "unexpectedly but peacefully" on Tuesday evening, his husband Andre Portasio said in a statement.
O'Grady rose to fame in the 1990s with his drag queen persona Lily Savage, going on to present BBC One game show Blankety Blank and other light entertainment programmes.

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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.