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 Julie
**2026** |

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## Featurt airticle

**George Square** is the main civic square in the middle o Glesga, Scotland. It is named fur King George III. It's ane oot o sax squares in the ceetie centre.

The idea ahint the square wis pit oot in 1781, bit didna git developit fur anither 20 year. George Square wis sorroondit bi important biggins. Tae the east is the Glesga Ceetie Chambers, kent as the Municipal Chaumers an aw, whase stane foondin wit pit in 1883, an tae the wast o't is the Merchants Hoose.

Ben the square is an important collection o statues an monimets, sic as thae dedicatit tae Robert Burns, James Watt an Sir Walter Scott

## Featurt pictur

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## Newsins

John Swinney

* Pope Leo XIV issues his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, which expresses concerns aboot artifeecial intelligence.
* John Swinney (richt) fae the SNP is re-electit as first meenister o Scotland
* Fraunce will recognise Palestinian statehuid.

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* Gaza-Israel War
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* Kivu War
* Russo-Ukrainian War

**Recent daiths**:
* Hulk Hogan, American Warstler
* Ozzy Osbourne, Inglish sangster
* David Clunie, Scots fitbawer
* Jim Herriot, Scots fitbawer
* William Sheret, Scots showlowper
* Bill Aitken, Scots-Indian traivel screiver
* Paddy Higson, Scots film producer an production owerseer

## Did ye ken...

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## On this day

**9 Julie**: Unthirldom Dey in **Argentinae** (1816)

* 1900 - The Federation o **Australie** gits ryal assent.
* 1981 - Nintendo released the video gemme Donkey Kong whit featurt the stairt o **Mario**, wan o the maist weel kent chairacters in video gemme history.
* 1986 - Homosexuality wis legalisit in **New Zealand**.

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