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Battleground (2016)
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Battleground (2016)

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The 2016 Battleground was the fourth annual Battleground professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on July 24, 2016, at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. It was the last e…

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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Deborah Wasserman Schultz is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 25th congressional …

Kabali
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Kabali
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Kabali is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S…

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2010
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War in Afghanistan in one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
2007
Pratibha_Patil
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first female president of India.
2001
Phoolan_Devi
Phoolan Devi, a serving Member of Parliament, was assassinated by shooting in New Delhi, India.
2000
Air_France_Flight_4590
Air France Flight 4590 (plane used pictured), a Concorde en route from Paris to New York, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 109 passengers on board and four people on the ground.
1976
Viking_1
The orbiting spacecraft Viking 1 took a photograph of an apparent face on Mars in a classic example of pareidolia.
1950
Korean_War
Korean War: After American troops withdrew, North Korean forces captured the village of Yongdong in South Korea.
1943
Grand_Council_of_Fascism
The Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini, who was arrested the same day by King Victor Emmanuel III and replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
1898
Spanish–American_War
Spanish–American War: After more than two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invaded Puerto Rico.
1893
Corinth_Canal
The Corinth Canal was formally opened, bisecting the narrow Isthmus of Corinth in Greece to connect the Ionian Sea's Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea's Saronic Gulf.
1788
Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40, one of his two extant symphonies in a minor key.

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