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21st July, 2011 : The US state of Texas executed Mark Stroman, who was convicted of killing two people he thought were Arab after going on a rampage after the 9/11 attacks. Stroman shot another man, Rais Bhuiyan, who survived. Bhuiyan supported Stroman's plea for clemency on the death sentence stating that killing him was "not the solution."

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21st July, 2012 : A helicopter carrying fourteen people crashed in Brunei, killing twelve and injuring two. The helicopter was carrying three crew and eleven military cadets home after they had been training in the jungle. The monarch of the country Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah visited the two survivors in the hospital who were said to be in stable condition.

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21st July 1825 - Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics.


21st July 1948 - Cat Stevens [Steven Demetre Georgiou; Yusaf Islam], London, rock vocalist (Peace Train) born on this day.

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8th August 2005 - Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (b. 1918)


11th August 2003 - Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.

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14th august 1947: Pakistan came into being

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today is the death anniversary of Rashid menhas

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10th December 1990: Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die.


14th December 644: Osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalifa of islam


15th December 1256: Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.


16th December 1920: Ma, the Benevolent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies

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1971-12-20 - Pakistan president Yahya Khan resigns


1876-12-25 - Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Karachi, founded Pakistan (1947)/gov (1947-58)


1921-12-25 - Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist (d. 2000)


1923-12-21 - Intizar Hussain, Urdu writer and columnist of Pakistan


1929-12-22 - Wazir Mohammad, cricketer (eldest of Pakistan's 4 Mohammed brothers)


1934-12-21 - Hanif Mohammad, cricketer (prolific Pakistani batsman 1952-69)


1935-12-20 - Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, cricketer (166 on debut Pakistan v Aust 1964)


1991-12-25 - Mahmood Hussain, cricketer (27 Tests for Pakistan, 68 wickets), dies

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Historical Events


28th December 2009 - 43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims were observing the Day of Ashura.

Famous Deaths

28th December 2009 - James Owen "The Rev" Sullivan, American musician drummer of Avenged Sevenfold (b. 1981)

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30th December 1875

1875 - Andarassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms


1906 - Iran Becomes a constitutional monarchy.


1906 - The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan


31st December

1934 - Helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport.


1934 - Akram Awan, Islamic Scholar born on this day

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1st January 1948

After partition, India declines to pay the agreed share of Rs. 550 million in cash balances to Pakistan.

1st January 1982

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistan politician born in 1982.

2nd January 1965

Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan

4th January 1999

Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as Governor of Minnesota.
Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad Masjid, killing 16 people and injuring 25.

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25th February,

1944

U.S. forces destroy 135 Japanese planes in Marianas and Guam.

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1976

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that states may ban the hiring of illegal aliens.

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1944

U.S. forces destroy 135 Japanese planes in Marianas and Guam.

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1779

The British surrender the Illinois country to George Rogers Clark at Vincennes.