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Emma Watkins, born on September 21, 1989 in Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
The Human
Who is Emma Watkins?
Emma Watkins is a human born in Australia in the late months of 1989. The sex at birth is presumed to be female.
What's the history of this record on The Population Project?
This record was created on April 22, 2024 on The Population Project. It hasn't been edited since then.
The Context
What was the context in the Australia in 1989?
Muslims demonstrate in Bradford against The Satanic Verses, a book written by Salman Rushdie, burning copies of the book in the city streets. John Cleese wins a libel case after the Daily Mirror described him as having become like his character Basil Fawlty in the sitcom Fawlty Towers. ITV airs the first episode of Home and Away, an Australian soap which was launched in its homeland last year. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran places a fatwa with an order to kill on author Salman Rushdie following the publication of his controversial book The Satanic Verses, which has caused outrage among the Islamic community of Britain. The Industrial Society offices at 3 Carlton House Terrace in London is severely damaged by fire.
They were born in 1989
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