Simon Bolivar
Sunday Open Thread: December 17 is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
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World History this day
497 BC -- The first Saturnalia was celebrated Woo Hoo
1819 -- Simon Bolivar declared the independence of Gran Colombia
1944 -- The Malmedy massacre (of US POWs - Battle of the Bulge)
2010 -- Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire sparking the Tunisian Revolution
Sunday Open Thread: September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day
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World History this day
Monday Open Thread; July 24 is Simon Bolivar Day (Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, and Bolivia)
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July 24 is the 205th day of the year. There are 160 days left.
Today's number is 24