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James Welch (writer)
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James Welch (writer)

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James Phillip Welch Jr., who grew up within the Blackfeet and A'aninin cultures of his parents, was a Native American novelist and poet. He is considered a founding author of the Native American Renaissance. His novel Fools Crow (1986) received several national literary awards, and his debut novel Winter in the Blood (…

Jeff Sessions
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Jeff Sessions
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Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney g…

Lali Espósito
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Lali Espósito
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Mariana "Lali" Espósito is an Argentine singer, actress, dancer, and model. She began her career in 2003 in the children…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
Cyclone_Numa
Cyclone Numa, a rare "medicane", made landfall in Greece to become the worst weather event that the country had experienced since 1977.
2014
2014_Jerusalem_synagogue_attack
Two Palestinian men attacked the praying congregants of a synagogue in Jerusalem with axes, knives, and a gun, resulting in eight deaths, including the attackers themselves.
2011
Minecraft
The sandbox video game Minecraft exited beta with the official release of version 1.0.
2003
Goodridge_v._Department_of_Public_Health
With its ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court made the state the first in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage.
1999
Texas_A&M_University
Texas A&M University's Aggie Bonfire collapsed (aftermath pictured), killing 12 people and injuring 27 others, and causing the university to officially declare a hiatus on the 90-year-old annual event.
1991
Flag_of_Uzbekistan
The current flag of Uzbekistan was adopted, making the country the first newly independent republic in Central Asia to choose a new flag.
1991
Croatian_War_of_Independence
Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army captured the Croatian city of Vukovar, ending an 87-day siege.
1987
King's_Cross_fire
An underground fire killed 31 people at King's Cross St Pancras tube station in London.
1978
Jim_Jones
Jim Jones led more than 900 members of the Peoples Temple to mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, hours after some of its members assassinated U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan.
1977
Flag_of_Solomon_Islands
Solomon Islands ratified the adoption of a new flag (pictured).

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