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Fuzuli (Füzuli) is the pen name of Muhammad bin Suleyman (1483–1556), a 16th-century poet who composed works in his native Azerbaijani, as well as Persian and Arabic. He is regarded as one of the greatest poets of Turkic literature. He was widely admired from the 16th to the 19th centuries, including in Central Asia and India. Born in modern Iraq, Fuzuli saw his homeland change hands between the Aq Qoyunlu, Safavid, and Ottoman states, and he composed poetry for officials in all three empires. He wrote his first known poem to Alvand Mirza of the Aq Qoyunlu, but most of his poetry was written under Ottoman rule. Fuzuli died from the plague and was buried in Karbala. He is best known for his Azerbaijani works, especially his ghazals (love poems) and his Leylī va Macnūn, a lyric poem interpreting a Middle Eastern story of tragic love. Fuzuli's writings have been described as distinguished by his strong display of emotions, and as elevating Azerbaijani poetry and language to new heights. (Full article...)

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1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot forces captured Montreal without significant opposition as part of the Invasion of Quebec.
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1992 – The High Court of Australia ruled in Dietrich v The Queen that, although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay in most circumstances in which an accused is unrepresented.
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American singer Julia Michaels has released one studio album, five extended plays (EP), twenty-nine singles (including nine as a featured artist), twenty-six music videos, and six promotional singles. She signed with Republic Records in 2016 and released her debut single, "Issues", which peaked at number 11 in the US and the top 10 elsewhere. It preceded Michaels's third EP, Nervous System (2017), which charted in the top 50 in the US, Canada, and Sweden. She featured on Clean Bandit's single "I Miss You" (2017), which reached the top 10 in several countries. In 2018, Michaels contributed the song "Heaven" to the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack, which peaked at number four in Norway and went Platinum. The EP Inner Monologue Part 1 produced the singles "Anxiety", featuring Selena Gomez, and "What a Time", featuring Niall Horan. Later that year, Michaels featured on JP Saxe's single "If the World Was Ending". Her debut studio album, Not in Chronological Order, was released in 2021. (Full list...)

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In 1921, the Empire of Japan turned a Korean royal cemetery into a golf course at what is now Hyochang Park. The tomb of Royal Noble Consort Uibin Seong was left directly on the course; it can be seen in the center of the picture, with a fence erected around it. Two Korean children dressed in white can be seen caddying for two golfers. A significant majority of players who used the course were Japanese. After the liberation of Korea in 1945, the park was turned into a memorial for Korean independence activists who resisted the Japanese colonization of Korea.

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