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Florence Henderson
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Florence Henderson

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Florence Agnes Henderson was an American singer and actress. With a career spanning six decades, she is best known for her starring role as Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch. Henderson also appeared in film, as well as on stage, and hosted several long-running cooking and variety shows over the years. She a…

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Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It traditionally marks the start of the Christmas sh…

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In HTTP, the 404 response status code indicates that a web client was able to communicate with a server, but the server…

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On This Day

10 events
2013
One_Direction
English-Irish boy band One Direction released their third studio album Midnight Memories which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling album of 2013.
1984
Do_They_Know_It's_Christmas?
Band Aid, a supergroup consisting of more than 30 leading British and Irish pop musicians, recorded the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
1981
Gang_of_25
A group of Conservative members of Parliament wrote a letter outlining their opposition to the economic policy of Margaret Thatcher, leading to speculation over a split from the party.
1975
Johan_Ferrier
Upon Suriname's independence from the Netherlands, Johan Ferrier (pictured) became its first president.
1970
Mishima_Incident
After failing to instigate a military coup to restore the powers of the Emperor of Japan, author Yukio Mishima and a member of his militia committed ritual suicide.
1960
Mirabal_sisters
Three of the four Mirabal sisters, who opposed the dictatorship of military strongman Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, were beaten and strangled to death.
1952
Korean_War
Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ended as American and South Korean units abandoned their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
1951
Wataru_Kaji
The left-wing Japanese novelist Wataru Kaji disappeared, leading to a government inquiry in which CIA involvement was investigated; Kaji stated he was kidnapped and held against his will by intelligence officers, which the United States denied.
1947
McCarthyism
McCarthyism: Executives from movie studios agreed to blacklist ten screenwriters and directors who were jailed for refusing to give testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee.
1940
De_Havilland_Mosquito
The de Havilland Mosquito, one of the most successful military aircraft in the Second World War, made its first flight.

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