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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Template:*mp...that the 18th century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (pictured) was buried in a communal grave? Template:*mp...that the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in the southwestern United States was established in 1939 to protect Desert Bighorn Sheep and the name Kofa is a contraction of King of Arizona? Template:*mp...that in 1745 William Cleghorn won a University of Edinburgh position after his rival, David Hume, was described by the town council as amoral, an atheist, and a sceptic? Template:*mp...that Saskatchewan Deputy Minister of Agriculture F. H. Auld's personal papers are among the few records that chronicle the drought years of the 1920s and 1930s in Alberta? Template:*mp...that cultivated Christmas trees are susceptible to such pests and diseases as the Balsam woolly adelgid and sudden oak death? Template:*mp...that Kellom Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska is the alma mater of Fred Astaire, Gale Sayers and Bob Gibson, as well as youth programs once led by Whitney Young? Template:*mp...that Kumaran Pathmanadan, former chief procurer of arms for the Tamil Tigers rebel group, used over 200 passports and least 23 pseudonyms to evade Interpol, CIA and MI-5? Template:-

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An artist's impression of SELENE

Template:*mp The Japanese spacecraft SELENE (artist's impression shown) is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center for a mission to explore the Moon. Template:*mp The United Nations General Assembly signs the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples intended to combat human rights violations against 370 million members of indigenous peoples worldwide. Template:*mp Viktor Zubkov replaces Mikhail Fradkov as the Prime Minister of Russia after the State Duma approves his nomination by President Vladimir Putin. Template:*mp Multiple major earthquakes occur off the southwest coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, with the largest having a magnitude of 8.4. Template:*mp Shinzo Abe announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Japan, effective 19 September, triggering a leadership election.

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