§ 01 — Observances
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What we celebrate today.
No public holidays on record for this date.
No public holidays on record for this date.
Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.
The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).
The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel.
Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders.
In 2008: Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.