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2016-04-20

Top reads and historical moments for this date. 6 min read

Victoria Wood

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Victoria Wood was an English comedian, actress, musician, screenwriter, and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several decades, and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions which she performed at the piano. Much of her humour was grounde…

420 (cannabis culture)

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420, 4:20 or 4/20 is cannabis culture slang for cannabis consumption, especially smoking around the time 4:20 p.m. (16:2…

Harriet Tubman

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Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to…

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Jean van de Velde (golfer)

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Mohammed Ghani Hikmat

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