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• ... that the truncated spire of St Paul's Church, Seacombe (pictured during reconstruction) was restored to its original height using a stainless-steel frame?
• ... that in the 1960s, Inuit musician Willie Thrasher formed Inuvik's first rock 'n' roll band?
• ... that several other nations also expressed their interest in participating in Combined Task Force 150 in some way when a Pakistani admiral took its command?
• ... that
  approximately 28,000 topographic names were changed from their native names to new Turkified renditions
  under various government policies?
• ... that George Billman found that an infusion of omega-3 fatty acids prevented ventricular fibrillation in dogs otherwise susceptible to it?
• ... that the Western Australian shrub Lechenaultia formosa is renowned for its red, orange, or yellow flowers?
• ... that Galadriel Stineman is named after the elven queen in The Lord of the Rings?

• Sixty-nine people die after drinking contaminated beer at a funeral in Mozambique.
• More than three million people, including dozens of world leaders, march for unity in France following the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
• elected President
  of Sri Lanka.
• A new antibiotic for drug-resistant infections, teixobactin, is extracted from soil bacteria using a novel technique.
• Baga
  leave hundreds of people dead and more than 35,000 displaced.
• Archaeologists announce the discovery of the tomb of
  Khentakawess III, a previously unknown ancient Egyptian
  queen.

• Tang Dynasty
  in China.
• 1815 – War of 1812: British troops captured Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
• J'accuse...!", an open letter by French writer Émile Zola (pictured) to President Félix Faure of the French Republic, was published by the Parisian newspaper L'Aurore, accusing the highest levels of the French Army in covering up the truth of the Dreyfus affair
  .
• 1915 – About 30,000 people in Avezzano, Italy—96% of its population—were killed when an earthquake struck the region.
• 1972 – Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup d'état to overthrow Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana.

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