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February 29, 2024

On February 29, 2024, the Flour Massacre took place in the Gaza Strip: Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid amidst the Gaza war, killing over 100 and wounding 750. The year's #1 song was "Lose Control" by Teddy Swims. Moo Deng, Moo Deng, Moo Deng would arrive in the same year.

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2024 (MMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.

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On February 29, 2024

  1. 2024 The Flour Massacre took place in the Gaza Strip: Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid amidst the Gaza war, killing over 100 and wounding 750.

    2024 mass killing by Israeli forces

    The Flour Massacre occurred in the Gaza Strip on 29 February 2024, when at least 118 Palestinians were killed and 760 injured after Israeli forces opened fire while the Palestinians were seeking food from aid trucks on the coastal al-Rashid Street in Gaza City.

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Died on February 29, 2024

Ali Hassan Mwinyi Tanzanian statesman (1925–2024)
Brian Mulroney Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993

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Moo Deng 2024– Thai celebrity pygmy hippopotamus
Moo Deng 2024– Thai celebrity pygmy hippopotamus
Moo Deng 2024– Thai celebrity pygmy hippopotamus
Moo Deng 2024– Thai celebrity pygmy hippopotamus

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