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16 March 2028

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2015 - Natalia Kills and Willy Moon were fired as judges on the second series of The X Factor New Zealand, following public backlash over comments they made to a contestant during the first live show.

English singer-songwriter (born 1986)

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2003 - American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.

American nonviolence activist and diarist (1979–2003)

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2002 - Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern was premiered in Hamburg, together with her Johannes-Passion, by soloists, choirs and orchestras from the Mariinsky Theatre and the NDR.

Soviet and Russian composer (1931–2025)

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2001 - A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.

Terrorist attacks in Hebei, China

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1988 - Iran–Iraq War: Iraqi forces began attacking the Kurdish town of Halabja with chemical weapons, killing up to 5,000 people.

1980–1988 armed conflict in West Asia

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