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2023

Preliminary Chamber II of the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The President of the Russian Federation is alleged to be responsible for the war crimes of the unlawful deportation of the civilian population (children) and the unlawful transfer of the civilian population (children) from the occupied territories of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.

2020

The French Open becomes the first Grand Slam tennis tournament to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UEFA announces the postponement of its flagship national team soccer competition, UEFA EURO 2020, which was scheduled to take place in June/July, due to COVID-19.

1992

South Africans end apartheid by referendum, with 68.7% voting in favor and 31.2% against.

1960

One of the first films of the French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, is released in France.

1959

The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) leaves Tibet for India.

1930

Al Capone is released from prison.

1905

Albert Einstein completes his quantum theory of light, one of the foundations of modern physics.

1845

The rubber band is invented by Stephen Perry in London.

0461

Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, dies in Saul in northern Ireland. The Irish celebrate this day in his honor.

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