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2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people and causing over $108 billion in damage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fhc0oWxF1Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIGqDbnLvjo

1825 – Kingdom of Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_Brazil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_Brazil#/media/File:Independencia_brasil_001.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_Brazil#/media/File:Independence_of_Brazil_1888.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV7VwogXepI

2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Baqir_al-Hakim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm1DNKW_o9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kuao_pkAio

1958 – Michael Jackson is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKgZmwcn5EA

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