Iceland
One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after...
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2026
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Summer McIntosh
Summer McIntosh, Canadian swimmer
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft was launched on August 18, 1977, beginning its mission to explore the outer planets of our solar system...
"A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes."
Mahatma Gandhi
2017 Turku attack
The Turku terror attack occurs in Finland when a knifeman kills two and injures eight.
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Mahatma Gandhi
"A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes."
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August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Helena, mother of Constantine I
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Helena of Constantinople (Roman Catholic Church)
