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!Events

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!Armed conflicts

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3: Tuvalu, Parliament
8: USA: CT, CO, MO, MI, GA primaries
28: Guyana, President and Parliament

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!Trials

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Chile: Alberto Fujimori (extradition)
Chile: Augusto Pinochet
Ethiopia: 111 defendants, including leaders of the CUD and journalists, on charges related to the 2005 elections.
Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
Saddam Hussein, among others
Netherlands: ICC
Thomas Lubanga
Netherlands: ICTY
Sierra Leone: SCfSL
Charles Taylor
UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh
U.S.: Brian Nichols
U.S.: Jeffrey Skilling (sentencing)
U.S.: Tom DeLay

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!Holidays and observances

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1: Emancipation Day (Trinidad and Tobago),(Bahamas)
1: National Day (Switzerland)
3: Tisha B'Av (Jewish fasting day)
5: Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day (Croatia)
7: Civic Holiday (Canada)
8: Father's Day (Taiwan)
8: Ghost Festival (traditional Chinese festival)
9: National Women's Day (South Africa)
9: National Day (Singapore)
9: Raksha Bandhan (Hinduism)
12: International Youth Day
12: Mother's Day (Thailand)
14: Independence Day (Pakistan)
15: Independence Day (India, Republic of Congo, N. & S.Korea)
15: Victory over Japan Day
15: Flooding of the Nile (Egypt)
15/16: Krishna Janmaashtami (Hinduism)
16: Children's Day (Paraguay)
16: Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
18: Buhe (Ethiopia)
19: Afghan Independence Day (Afghanistan)
19: National Aviation Day (United States)
20: St. Stephen's Day (Hungary)
21: Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)
27: Ganesh Chaturthi (Hinduism)
27: Heroes' Day (Philippines)
30: St. Rose of Lima's Day (Peru)
30: Victory Day (Turkey)
31: Hari Merdeka (Malaysia)

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