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Dame Sandra Prunella Mason was elected the first president of Barbados in the 2021 Barbadian presidential election.

Currently serving as an incumbent governor-general of Barbados, she is going to replace Queen Elizabeth II as head of the country when she is sworn in on 30 November 2021. Sandra Mason was the only candidate for the office, jointly nominated by the prime minister, Mia Mottley, and the leader of the Opposition, Bishop Joseph Atherley.

Prince George Bagration-Bagrationi celebrates his tenth birthday today. The third in line to the throne of the former Kingdom of Georgia was born on 27 September 2011 and baptised in 2013.

BRAMS Institute congratulates the young prince, his family and all well-wishers.

The 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton turns 75 today.

Today marks the 250th birthday anniversary of Sir Walter Scott, one of the most prolific and revered authors of his time. He was born on 15 August 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Today marks the 900 anniversary of the Battle of Didgori in 1121.

Both Georgian and Islamic sources testify that on the complaints of the Muslim merchants of Tbilisi, Ganja, and Dmanisi, Sultan Mahmud II of Baghdad (r. 1118–1131) sent a punitive military expedition against Georgia under the command of Ilghazi ibn Artuq of Mardin.