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Today in History
Thursday, 05 March 2026
2003
In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
2001
In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
1999
Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
1988
The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
1984
6,000 miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
1982
The Soviet probe Venera 14 arrives at the planet Venus.
1979
America's Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
1978
The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
1975
First meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club
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