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Jo Cox
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Jo Cox

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Helen Joanne Cox was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen from May 2015 until her murder in June 2016. She was a member of the Labour Party.

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Tom Hiddleston
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Thomas William Hiddleston is a British actor. He gained international fame portraying Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Unive…

UEFA Euro 2016
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UEFA Euro 2016
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The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th U…

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On This Day

10 events
2016
Jo_Cox
Jo Cox, a British Member of Parliament, was murdered in her constituency.
2012
Liu_Yang_(taikonaut)
Liu Yang (pictured), a member of the Shenzhou 9 crew, became the first Chinese woman in space.
1997
Radiohead
The English rock band Radiohead released their landmark third album OK Computer in the United Kingdom.
1972
David_Bowie
English musician David Bowie released his breakthrough album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
1963
Vostok_6
Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became the first woman in space.
1960
Psycho_(1960_film)
Psycho, a psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (pictured) and based on a novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, premiered.
1936
Junkers_Ju_52
A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a mountainside near Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven people on board.
1911
IBM
The technology company IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
1904
James_Joyce
Irish author James Joyce (pictured) began a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel Ulysses, commemorated as Bloomsday.
1883
Victoria_Hall_disaster
In the Victoria Hall disaster, 183 children were crushed to death when they ran down the stairs to collect gifts after a variety show in Sunderland, England.

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