§ 01 — Observances
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What we celebrate today.
- i. World Malaria Day Global
At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.
The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination.
Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
A seven-car commuter train derails and crashes into an apartment building near Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107, including the driver.
You can't get to a place that you don't believe exists.
Today is celebrated as World Malaria Day in Global.