International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Marks the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, when South African police killed 69 anti-apartheid protesters. UN-designated since 1966.
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A major explosion at a chemical plant in Yancheng, China, killed 78 people and injured 640 others.