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Calc

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Calc or CALC may refer to:Short for calculation, or calculus Windows Calculator, also known by its filename calc.exe LibreOffice Calc, an open-source spreadsheet application. The Anglo-Saxon rune ᛣ, representing /k/ The Calcarea class of calcareous sponges The Latin American and Caribbean Unity Summit, known in Spanish…

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Caroline Aherne
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Caroline Mary Aherne was an English actress, comedian, writer and director.

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Gianluigi Buffon
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Gianluigi Buffon is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the …

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On This Day

10 events
2020
2020_Hpakant_jade_mine_disaster
A landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant killed 175–200 miners, the deadliest mining accident in Burmese history.
2013
International_Astronomical_Union
The International Astronomical Union announced that the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto to be discovered would be named Kerberos and Styx, respectively.
2013
Aceh
In the Indonesian province of Aceh on the northern end of Sumatra, a Mw 6.1 strike-slip earthquake killed at least 35 people and injured 276 others.
2008
Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An Arab man rammed a loader into traffic in Jerusalem, killing three people and injuring 40 others (damage pictured).
1998
Harry_Potter_and_the_Chamber_of_Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling, the second novel of the Harry Potter series, was published.
1990
Singing_Revolution
Singing Revolution: The Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania (pictured) was lifted when the Lithuanian parliament agreed to suspend the effects of their act to re-establish Lithuania as a state.
1976
Vietnam_War
More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1964
Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
The Civil Rights Act was signed into law, outlawing segregation in schools, at the workplace, and other facilities that served the general public in the United States.
1941
Schutzstaffel
A German SS unit arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania, and began the systematic execution of up to 100,000 people over the next three years.
1881
James_A._Garfield
U.S. president James A. Garfield (pictured) was fatally shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington, D.C.

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