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This month in history

2000Speakers' Corner, a free speech area in Hong Lim Park in Singapore, was launched.

1973A 76-hour multinational rescue effort off the coast of Ireland resulted in the deepest sub rescue in history.

1972In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation, American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion with his victory over Soviet Boris Spassky.

1969Muammar Gaddafi (pictured) led a coup d'état to overthrow King Idris of Libya.

Did you know?

Teaching at Oxford University began in 1096, meaning the institution is over two hundred years older than the rise of the Aztec Empire.

Wombats are the only known animals to produce cube-shaped droppings, a biological quirk that prevents their territory markers from rolling off uneven rocks.

The small dot found over the lowercase letters i and j is called a tittle, a name originating from medieval Latin scribes and calligraphy.

Quiz questions from the Open Trivia Database and historical notes from Wikipedia, both under CC BY-SA 4.0. “Did you know?” facts written by FONT.