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Komodo dragon
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Komodo dragon

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The Komodo dragon, also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Dasami, and Gili Motang. The largest extant population lives within the Komodo National Park in Eastern Indonesia. It is the largest ext…

The Martian (film)
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The Martian (film)
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The Martian is a 2015 epic science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Drew Goddard. Based on And…

Michael Vick
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Michael Vick
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Michael Dwayne Vick is an American college football coach and former professional football player. He is the head footba…

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On This Day

10 events
2018
The_Washington_Post
The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
2006
West_Nickel_Mines_School_shooting
A gunman killed five Amish girls before committing suicide in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.
2005
Typhoon_Longwang
Typhoon Longwang made landfall in China as the deadliest tropical cyclone in that year to impact the country.
1990
Aircraft_hijacking
A hijacked airliner collided with two other planes while attempting to land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, killing 128 and injuring 71.
1971
Nguyễn_Văn_Thiệu
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was re-elected unopposed as President of South Vietnam.
1967
Thurgood_Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1942
World_War_II
Second World War: HMS Curacoa (pictured) was accidentally rammed and sunk by RMS Queen Mary while escorting the liner to provide protection from submarine attacks.
1913
Shubert_Theatre_(Broadway)
The Shubert Theatre opened on Broadway with a production of Hamlet.
1879
Qing_dynasty
Qing China signed the Treaty of Livadia with the Russian Empire, but the terms were so unfavorable that the Chinese government refused to ratify the treaty.
1835
Dragoon
Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales in Mexican Texas encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia at the Battle of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution.

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