📸 ON THIS DAY: In 1940, during World War II, Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, setting off what came to be known as “The Second Great Fire of London.”
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In 1940, during World War II, Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, setting off what came to be known as “The Second Great Fire of London.” In 2006, word reached the United States of the execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein . In a statement, President George W. Bush called Saddam’s execution an important milestone on Iraq’s road to democracy.
Ten years ago: Maine’s same-sex marriage law went into effect. Shocked Indians mourned the death of a woman who’d been gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi nearly two weeks earlier; six suspects were charged with murder.
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