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Independence Day in Kyrgyzstan (1991) and Trinidad and Tobago (1962) Kyrgyzstan: recentism, advertisement section and too many citations missing; T&T: unreferenced sections
National Heroes' Day in the Philippines (2020) Link points to a one-paragraph section of another article. Not enough material to warrant main-page link.
1056 – After a sudden illness a few days prior, Byzantine Empress Theodora Porphyrogenita died without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty. appears on January 11
1422 – As the only heir to the throne, Henry VI became King of England at the age of eight months following the death of his father Henry V. unreferenced section
1813Peninsular War: At the Battle of San Marcial, the Spanish Army of Galicia under Manuel Alberto Freire turned back Nicolas Soult's last major offensive against Arthur Wellesley's allied army. lots of CN tags relative to length (4)
1876Abdul Hamid II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire when his brother Murad V was deposed. refimprove section
1920Polish–Soviet War: Polish forces, led by their cavalry, defeated the Bolshevik Red Army in the Battle of Komarów. refimprove
1935 – In an effort to stay out of the growing European conflict, the U.S. Congress passed the first of the Neutrality Acts. Referencing issues
1945 – The Liberal Party of Australia, one of the two major Australian political parties, was founded to replace the United Australia Party. refimprove section
1965 – The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy, a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft used for ferrying outsized cargo components, made its first flight. refimprove section
1978Musa al-Sadr, the Iranian-born Shia cleric and then religious leader of Lebanon, disappeared during an official visit to Libya. page numbers needed
1982Anti-government demonstrations took place in 66 Polish cities to commemorate the second anniversary of the Gdańsk Agreement, which allowed the establishment of the Solidarity trade union. unreferenced date
1986 – After a collision with a freighter, the Soviet ocean liner Admiral Nakhimov sank in the Tsemes Bay area of the Black Sea within seven minutes, killing more than 400 people on board. refimprove
1986Aeroméxico Flight 498 collided with a privately owned Piper PA-28 Cherokee aircraft over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground. external links
1992 – The one-party Marxist rule in the Republic of the Congo officially ended when Pascal Lissouba was inaugurated as its president after a multi-party election. date not in article, refimprove section
1998 – North Korea claimed to have successfully launched its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, although no objects were ever tracked in orbit from the launch. referencing issues
1999 – The first of a series of bombings in Moscow killed one person and wounded 40 others. refimprove section
2005 – Up to 1,000 people died following a stampede on the Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad, the biggest loss of life in Iraq in one day since the 2003 invasion. multiple issues
2010 – The last episode of The Bill, the longest-running police drama in British television history, was broadcast. already featured on October 16
Ahmed Zayat |b|1962| Birthday not cited
Queen Rania of Jordan |b|1970| Fan POV tag

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August 31: Independence Day in Malaysia (1957); Romanian Language Day in Moldova and Romania

Cartoon of Jack the Ripper as a phantom stalking Whitechapel
Cartoon of Jack the Ripper as a phantom stalking Whitechapel
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