International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
UN observance since 2014. Marks the 1896 opening of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. About 270 million people play organized football alone.
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A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos collided with a semi-truck, killing 16 and injuring 13.- 2018A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.
- 2017U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
- 2012Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.