§ 01 — Observances
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What we celebrate today.
- i. International Yoga Day Global
A hot air balloon catches fire mid-flight and crashes in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing 8 of the 21 on board.
A boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsizes in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 others missing.
An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.
Greenland assumes self-rule.
Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.
Today is celebrated as International Yoga Day in Global.