Independence Day
Independence Day is observed in Uruguay (Día de la Independencia). Recognized nationally.
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The NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.- 2017Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.
- 2017Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation.
- 2012Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so.