2024 Hathras crowd crush
A stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh, India, leaves at least 121 people dead and 150 others injured.
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Julia Grabher, Austrian tennis player
On July 2, 1997, the first Harry Potter book, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,' was published in the UK, marking the...
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Louisa May Alcott
2013 Aceh earthquake
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others.
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"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
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