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Altar with Palmyrene inscription
- ... that the first decipherment of a dead language in modern times was of Palmyrene inscriptions (first published example pictured)?
- ... that a raja of Kolhapur was knighted at the age of 14?
- ... that a lunar eclipse is said to have fulfilled a prophecy resulting in the fall of Constantinople?
- ... that a historian described the publisher T. S. Denison as synonymous with blackface minstrelsy?
- ... that director Peyton Reed likened the collaboration between the filmmakers of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the studio system of Golden Age Hollywood?
- ... that several people returned to Judaism after discovering their Jewish ancestry through the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies?
- ... that Cathy Cassidy wrote Angel Cake after reading a girl's account of her first days in Britain?
- ... that the 1980s J-pop song "Aoi Sangoshou" appeared on music charts in Korea 44 years after its release?
- ... that the Coral Sea Islands were once proclaimed to be an independent nation known as the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands?
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Rumen Radev
- The Progressive Bulgaria party, led by former president Rumen Radev (pictured), wins a majority of the National Assembly in the parliamentary elections, in a bid to end the ongoing Bulgarian political crisis.
- Separate school shootings in Siverek and in Onikişubat, Turkey, leave 12 people dead and 35 others injured.
- Romuald Wadagni wins the Beninese presidential election.
- In golf, Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament.
On this day
Two-cent piece
- 1073 – Gregory VII was elected pope following the death of Alexander II.
- 1864 – U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the minting of the two-cent piece (pictured), the first U.S. coin to bear the phrase "In God We Trust".
- 1951 – Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacked positions occupied mainly by Australian and Canadian forces, starting the Battle of Kapyong.
- 2004 – Flammable cargo exploded at a railway station in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than a thousand others.
- 2020 – A truck struck and killed four Victoria Police officers on the Eastern Freeway, Australia, the force's deadliest single incident.
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Sheila Dikshit
As of 2026, more than 200 chief ministers of states in India have been members of the Indian National Congress (INC), one of the two major parties in the political system of the Republic of India. According to the Constitution of India, the governor is the de jure head at the state level, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. In the parliamentary system of government, the chief minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet. Their term is normally limited to five years if they have the assembly's confidence. There are no limits to the number of terms the chief minister can serve. Five INC chief ministers have been women, including Sheila Dikshit (pictured), who was Chief Minister of Delhi from 1998 to 2013. Dikshit is the longest-serving INC chief minister, as well as the longest-serving female chief minister of any party. As of March 2026, the INC is in power in three states: Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana. (Full list...)
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