Hinamatsuri
Japan's Doll Festival, or Girls' Day. Families display elaborate tiered platforms of ornamental dolls representing the imperial court, passed down across generations.
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Japan
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Full history →Notable · 2012
Two passenger trains collided near Szczekociny, Poland, resulting in 16 deaths and 58 injuries.- 2013A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 48 people and injured 200 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area.
- 2005James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
- 2005Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.