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Sunday Aug 14, 2022. Today is day #226 with 139 days left in 2022.

Random celebrity birth: In 1929 Nigerian boxer Dick Tiger.

Random celebrity death: In 2007 Russian composer Tikhon Khrennikov.

Random historical event: In 1971 the Kingdom of Bahrain became an independent country./p>

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Sunday July 03, 2022. Today is day #184 with 181 days left in 2022.

Random celebrity birth: In 1958 Welsh meteorologist Siân Lloyd.

Random celebrity death: In 2011 Bahraini musician Ali Bahar.

Random historical event: In 1988 worked was completed on the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Friday April 08, 2022. Today is day #98 with 267 days left in 2022.

Random celebrity birth: In 1985 Ethiopian athlete Yemane Tsegay.

Random celebrity death: In 2006 Dutch author Gerard Reve

Random historical event: In 2008 the Bahrain World Trade Center was completed and the design integrated wind turbines in between the twin towers.

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Friday January 28, 2022. Today is day #28 with 337 days left in 2022.

Random celebrity birth: In 1950 Bahraini king Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

Random celebrity death: In 2007 Swiss cyclist Carlo Clerici.

Random historical event: In 1958 the Lego company applied for a patent for a design for Lego bricks.

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Saturday July 03, 2021. Today is day #184 with 181 days left in 2021.

Random celebrity birth: In 1984 Dutch sprinter Churandy Martina.

Random celebrity death: In 2011 Bahraini musician Ali Bahar.

Random historical event: In 1996 the UK announced that the Stone of Scone used in Scottish coronations would be returned to Scotland.

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Thursday December 17, 2020. Today is day #352 with 14 days left in 2020.

Random celebrity birth: In 1961 Bahraini journalist Mansoor al-Jamri.

Random celebrity death: In 2011 Venezuelan journalist Eva Ekvall.

Random historical event: In 1957, a little over a year after it debuted, NBC aired the last episode of The Nat King Cole Show.

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Today is day #121 with 244 days left in 2017.

Random celebrity birth: In 1829 Brazilian author José de Alencar.

Random celebrity death: In 2002 Bahraini-Indian poet Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh.

Random historical event: In 1971 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation which operates under the business name Amtrak took over operation of all U.S. passenger rail service.

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Today is day #122 with 244 days left in 2016.

Random celebrity birth: In 1827 French painter Jules Breton.

Random celebrity death: In 2002 Indian poet Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh whose parents were from Bahrain.

Random historical event: In 1940 the start of World War II forced the cancellation of the 1940 Summer Olympics which were to be held in Tokyo, Japan.

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Today is day #226 with 139 days left in 2015.

Random celebrity birth: In 1738 Austrian composer Leopold Hofmann.

Random celebrity death: In 1956 German poet Bertolt Brecht.

Random historical event: In 1971 the Kingdom of Bahrain became an independent nation.

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Today is day #98 with 267 days left in 2014.

Random celebrity birth: In 1859 Austrian mathematician Edmund Husserl.

Random celebrity death: In 1962 Spanish bullfighter Juan Belmonte Garcia.

Random historical event: In 2008 the construction of the Bahrain World Trade Center, the world’s first building with integrated wind turbines, was completed.

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