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Donald Trump

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Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.

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Clara Reisenberg Rockmore was a Litvak classical violin prodigy and a virtuoso performer of the theremin, an electronic …

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Theremin
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The theremin is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer. It is named after…

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On This Day

10 events
1977
Washington,_D.C.
Twelve gunmen seized three buildings in Washington, D.C., and took 149 hostages in a 39-hour standoff that ended in two deaths.
1967
Svetlana_Alliluyeva
Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.
1959
Barbie
The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.
1957
1957_Andreanof_Islands_earthquake
The Andreanof Islands earthquake struck Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands, causing more than $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
1956
Tbilisi
In Tbilisi, Georgia, soldiers suppressed mass demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's policy of de-Stalinization.
1946
Burnden_Park_disaster
Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: As part of the Battle of Narva, the Soviet Air Forces heavily bombed Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.
1933
Franklin_D._Roosevelt
U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to the United States Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
1932
Éamon_de_Valera
Éamon de Valera (pictured), a dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.
1927
Royal_Air_Force
Former Royal Air Force officer Vivian Stranders (pictured) was convicted of industrial espionage by a French court.

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