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Bicycle Race
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Bicycle Race

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"Bicycle Race" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was released on their 1978 album Jazz and written by Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury. It was released as a double A-side single together with the song "Fat Bottomed Girls", reaching number 11 in the UK Singles Chart and number 24 in the Billboard Hot 100 i…

Dare to Be Stupid (song)
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Dare to Be Stupid (song)
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"Dare to Be Stupid" is an original song by American comedy musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a musical pastiche of the…

Razak Khan
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Razak Khan
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Abdur Razak Khan was an Indian actor who has worked in Bollywood films. Khan was noted for supporting and comic roles. H…

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On This Day

10 events
2018
Congress_of_Deputies
For the first time since its transition to democracy, the Congress of Deputies in Spain passed a motion of no confidence against the government.
2015
Sinking_of_Dongfang_zhi_Xing
The river cruise ship Dongfang zhi Xing capsized in the Yangtze, resulting in 442 deaths in China's worst peacetime maritime disaster.
2007
Cyclone_Gonu
Cyclone Gonu develops from an area of convection in the Arabian Sea, later becoming the worst recorded natural disaster in Oman.
1999
Clinton_National_Airport
On landing at Little Rock National Airport in the U.S. state of Arkansas, American Airlines Flight 1420 overran the runway and crashed (wreckage pictured), resulting in 11 deaths.
1988
Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was ratified, banning all American and Soviet land-based missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 km (310 to 3,420 mi).
1988
Group_representation_constituency
Group representation constituencies were introduced to the parliament of Singapore.
1974
Henry_Heimlich
In an informal article in a medical journal, Henry Heimlich introduced the concept of abdominal thrusts, commonly known as the Heimlich maneuver, to treat victims of choking.
1943
Junkers_Ju_88
Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain and France, killing actor Leslie Howard and several other notable passengers.
1942
World_War_II
World War II: The crews of three Japanese submarines scuttled their vessels and committed suicide after entering Sydney Harbour and launching a failed attack.
1868
Navajo
The Navajo and the U.S. government signed the Treaty of Bosque Redondo, which allowed those interned at Fort Sumner to return to their ancestral lands.

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