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The Aston Martin DB9 is a two-door grand touring car produced by the British carmaker Aston Martin from 2004 until its discontinuation on 27 July 2016. The coupe debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2003, while the Volante convertible debuted at the Detroit Auto Show in 2004. Full-scale manufacture began in January 2004 for the coupe version and in February 2005 for the Volante. The DB9 was designed by Ian Callum and Henrik Fisker, and is the successor to the DB7, which Aston Martin produced from 1994 to 2004. The car's chassis is composed of aluminium and composite materials. In 2008 and 2010, minor alterations were implemented to the DB9's exterior and engine, and in 2012 prominent adjustments were made to its front fascia, interior and engine. The DB9 was adapted for racing by Aston Martin's racing division in the form of the DBR9 and the DBRS9, both introduced in 2005. To commemorate the discontinuation of the DB9, Aston Martin released the DB9 GT in 2015. (Full article...)

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• Landslides kill at least 257 people in Geze Gofa, Ethiopia.
• In cycling, Tadej Pogačar (pictured) wins the Tour de France.
• Incumbent U.S. president Joe Biden withdraws from the 2024 presidential election.
• In golf, Xander Schauffele wins the Open Championship.

Pedestrian view of Clover Point

• ... that untreated sewage was dumped directly into the ocean from Clover Point (pictured) until 2020?
• ... that Fathimath Dheema Ali is the first Olympic qualifier from the Maldives?
• ... that Rhapsody was the hardest traditional climbing route in the world?
• ... that Rashmika Mandanna was reluctant to accept her first role in Hindi cinema as she disagreed with the character's views on spirituality?
• ... that the aid climbing routes on the Great Trango Tower are some of the longest vertical big wall climbs in the world?
• ... that Evann Girault is Niger's first Olympic fencer?
• ... that the neutral oil tanker Hercules carried an unexploded bomb into a Brazilian port after being attacked by Argentine aircraft during the Falklands War?
• ... that Goodboy Galaxy was the first commercially released video game for the Game Boy Advance in more than 13 years?
• ... that Quintus et Ultimus Watson was the acting governor of Texas for one day in 1915?

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Comet 1 prototype

• 1054 – During his invasion of Scotland, Siward, Earl of Northumbria, defeated Macbeth, King of Scotland, in an engagement north of the Firth of Forth.
• 1214 – Philip II of France decisively won the Battle of Bouvines, the conclusive battle of the 1213–1214 Anglo-French War.
• 1916 – First World War: British mariner Charles Fryatt was executed in Bruges, Belgium, after a German court-martial found him guilty of being a franc-tireur.
• 1949 – The de Havilland Comet (prototype pictured), the world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production, made its maiden flight.
• 1990 – Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical Islamic group, began a coup attempt against the government of Trinidad and Tobago by taking hostages, including Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson, before surrendering five days later.

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