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데이비드 보위
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데이비드 로버트 존스(영어: David Robert Jones, 1947년 1월 8일 ~ 2016년 1월 10일)는 데이비드 보위(영어: David Bowie /ˈboʊi/ 데이비드 보이[*])라는 예명으로 활동한 …

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척준경(拓俊京, 1062년~1144년 음력 2월)은 고려 중기의 관리이자, 무신이다. 본관은 곡산(谷山)이며, 검교대장군(檢校大將軍) 척위공의 아들이다.

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2003
After Chicago police detective Jon Burge was discovered to have extracted forced confessions from more than 200 suspects, the governor of Illinois commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners and pardoned four others.
1986
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1964
In a landmark report (cover pictured), U.S. surgeon general Luther Terry issued a warning that tobacco smoking may be hazardous to health, concluding that it has a causative role in lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, and other illnesses.
1961
Students at the University of Georgia rioted in an attempt to prevent the attendance of two African-American students.
1946
The People's Republic of Albania was proclaimed, with Enver Hoxha as the country's de facto head of state.
1943
Italian-American journalist and trade-union activist Carlo Tresca, a leading public opponent of the Mafia infiltration of unions, was assassinated in New York City.
1927
Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, hosted 36 people involved in the film industry at a banquet, where he announced the creation of what would become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
1923
Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr to force the Weimar Republic to pay reparations in the aftermath of World War I.

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