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USS Iowa is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class and the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships. Iowa served with the Pacific Fleet in 1944, shelling beachheads at Kwajalein and Eniwetok and screening aircraft carriers operating in the Marshall Islands. She also served as the flagship of the Third Fleet, flying Admiral William F. Halsey's flag at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay. During the Korean War, Iowa was involved in raids on the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned. She was reactivated in 1984 and operated in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets to counter the recently expanded Soviet Navy. In April 1989, an explosion wrecked her No. 2 gun turret, killing 47 sailors. Iowa was decommissioned for the last time in October 1990 after 19 total years of active service. In 2012 she was donated to the nonprofit Pacific Battleship Center and opened as a museum in Los Angeles. (This article is part of a featured topic: Iowa-class battleships.)

Roar-ee the Lion

• ... that the Columbia University mascot, Roar-ee the Lion (pictured), inspired the creation of the MGM Lion?
• ... that Johannes Schott of Strasbourg took over the printing company of his father, Martin Schott, in around 1500, and printed texts by Protestant reformers such as Ulrich von Hutten and Martin Luther?
• ... that Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892 was reviewed by Richard P. McCormick, who wrote that it "should stimulate a host of studies in the little-explored field of American political behavior"?
• ... that Rock Demers was spurred to make The Dog Who Stopped the War after reading an article on youth suicide?
• ... that soaking a paper banknote in 50% (v/v) alcohol fuel can create a fireproof banknote?
• ... that after the 2001 fall of Kabul, young men lined up to have their beards shaved off?
• ... that Coral Bell believed that Ric Throssell had tried unsuccessfully to recruit her as a Soviet spy in Canberra?
• ... that the Land of Lost Content contains bluebirds from the Blue Bird Toffee factory gates, tickets from the first National Lottery draw and a Sinclair C5?

Paralympics opening ceremony

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  Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul
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• The Summer Paralympics open (ceremony pictured) in Tokyo, Japan.
• King of Malaysia
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• Hakainde Hichilema is elected President of Zambia.
• A 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti kills more than 2,200 people.