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Michael J. Fox
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Michael J. Fox

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Michael Andrew Fox, known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian and American actor and activist. Beginning his career as a child actor in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989) and Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). Fox…

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Christopher Lloyd
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Christopher Allen Lloyd is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and television shows s…

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Back to the Future
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Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob G…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
Trollhättan_school_stabbing
A sword-wielding man attacked students and teachers at a high school in Trollhättan, killing three people in Sweden's deadliest school attack.
2014
Ottawa
In Ottawa, Canada, the downtown core was placed on lockdown after a series of shootings at Parliament Hill.
2005
Bellview_Airlines_Flight_210
Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashed in Ogun State, Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
1989
TAN-SAHSA_Flight_414
TAN-SAHSA Flight 414 crashed in approach to Toncontín International Airport killing 131 out of 146 people onboard.
1987
John_Adams_(composer)
John Adams' (pictured) opera Nixon in China premiered.
1966
The_Supremes_A'_Go-Go
With their album The Supremes A' Go-Go, the Supremes became the first all-female group to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart.
1964
Ian_Fleming
The first volume of Ian Fleming's children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was published posthumously.
1945
Cigar_Factory
Workers at the Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, began a labor strike against the American Tobacco Company that lasted more than five months.
1940
Vichy_France
After evading Vichy French and Francoist Spanish authorities, Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot arrived in London, marking the beginning of the Belgian government in exile.
1936
Royal_Navy_cutlasses
The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service.

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