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Earthquake damage in East Manggarai, Indonesia
- A magnitude-7.7 earthquake (damage pictured) strikes off the coast of Flores, Indonesia, causing at least 70 deaths.
- Former premier of China Zhu Rongji dies at the age of 97.
- A solar eclipse causes totality from Siberia to Iberia.
- A ferry capsizes on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, leaving at least 94 people dead.
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Bus on the O-Bahn Busway
- 1710 – War of the Spanish Succession: A Spanish Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay was soundly defeated by a multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg.
- 1920 – The American Professional Football Conference, a predecessor of the National Football League, was established in Canton, Ohio.
- 1988 – More than 150,000 acres (610 km2) were burned on the worst day of the largest wildfire in the recorded history of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
- 1989 – The final stage of the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, South Australia, was finished, completing at the time the world's longest and fastest guided busway, with buses (example pictured) travelling 12 km (7.5 mi) at speeds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph).
- 2018 – Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was toppled by protestors.
- George Tucker (b. 1775)
- Ron Paul (b. 1935)
- Mika Yamamoto (d. 2012)
- B. K. S. Iyengar (d. 2014)
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Calumma fallax, also known as the deceptive chameleon, is a species of chameleon endemic to eastern Madagascar. It is a medium-sized species, with males measuring 43 to 51 mm (1.7 to 2.0 in) and females 41 to 51 mm (1.6 to 2.0 in) in snout–vent length. First described by François Mocquard in 1900, it was transferred to the genus Calumma in 1986. Its population size and trend are unknown, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies it as data deficient. Its habitat is affected by slash-and-burn agriculture, bushfires and logging. This C. fallax chameleon was photographed on a branch in Ranomafana National Park in southeastern Madagascar.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp