Dia do Samba
Brazil's celebration of samba, the rhythm that defines Rio and Salvador. Established in 1962 to honour composer Ary Barroso's first visit to Bahia, the genre's spiritual home.
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Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2016
Thirty-six people died when a fire broke out at an illegally converted warehouse in Oakland, California, the deadliest U.S. building fire since 2003.- 2020Cannabis is removed from the list of most dangerous drugs of the international drug control treaty by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
- 2016Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California, warehouse serving as an artist collective.
- 2015San Bernardino attack: Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.