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X-Men: Apocalypse
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X-Men: Apocalypse

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X-Men: Apocalypse is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the X-Men. It is the ninth installment in the X-Men film series and sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). The film was directed by Bryan Singer, and written by Simon Kinberg, and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, …

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XHamster
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xHamster is a pornographic video sharing and streaming website, based in Limassol, Cyprus. It was founded by Oleg Netepe…

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Memorial Day
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Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving i…

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On This Day

10 events
2011
Portland,_Oregon
Residents of Portland, Oregon, held a rally called Hands Across Hawthorne in response to an attack against a gay couple holding hands while crossing the Hawthorne Bridge.
1999
Olusegun_Obasanjo
President Olusegun Obasanjo took office as Nigeria's first elected and civilian head of state after 16 years of military dictatorship.
1999
Charlotte_Perrelli
Charlotte Perrelli, representing Sweden, won the Eurovision Song Contest, the first edition not to feature an orchestra or live accompaniment.
1954
Diane_Leather
Diane Leather became the first woman to run a mile in less than five minutes.
1953
Edmund_Hillary
The mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (both pictured) became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1942
Bing_Crosby
Bing Crosby recorded his version of the song "White Christmas", which went on to become the best-selling single worldwide, with more than 50 million copies sold.
1935
1935_Copperbelt_strike
A strike by copper miners in Northern Rhodesia ended after six workers were shot and killed by police.
1918
World_War_I
World War I: Armenian forces defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Sardarabad, halting the Turkish advance and preventing further destruction of the Armenian nation.
1913
The_Rite_of_Spring
During the premiere of the ballet Le Sacre du printemps by Igor Stravinsky at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a near-riot in the audience (report pictured).
1911
W._S._Gilbert
English dramatist W. S. Gilbert of the songwriting duo Gilbert and Sullivan died while saving a young woman from drowning in his lake.

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