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Travis (band)
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Travis (band)

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Travis are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1990, and composed of Fran Healy, Dougie Payne, Andy Dunlop, and Neil Primrose. The band's name comes from the character Travis Henderson from the film Paris, Texas (1984). The band released their debut album, Good Feeling (1997), to moderate success where it debuted…

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Doctor Strange
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Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Creat…

Pretty Boy Floyd
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Pretty Boy Floyd
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Charles Arthur Floyd, nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the West and Central state…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat.
2009
Kamień_Pomorski_homeless_hostel_fire
Twenty-three people died in a fire at a homeless hostel in Kamień Pomorski; it was Poland's deadliest fire since 1980.
2009
Andrew_Hussie
Andrew Hussie's webcomic Homestuck debuted, and concluded on the same day in 2016.
1997
Tiger_Woods
In golf, 21-year-old Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win the Masters Tournament, breaking the record for the lowest four-round score.
1976
Lapua_Cartridge_Factory_explosion
Forty people died in an explosion at an ammunition factory in Lapua, Finland.
1973
Catch_a_Fire
Catch a Fire, the landmark reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, was released.
1958
Cold_War
In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn (pictured) won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
1956
Vietnamese_National_Army
The Vietnamese National Army captured Ba Cụt, a military commander of the religious sect Hòa Hảo, which ran a de facto state in South Vietnam in opposition to Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm.
1953
Ian_Fleming
Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale was published as the first work to feature the British spy character James Bond.
1953
Central_Intelligence_Agency
The CIA began Project MKUltra, an illegal, covert human research program into mind control.

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