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Roger Federer
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Roger Federer

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Roger Federer is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Federer won 103 singles titles on the ATP Tour, the secon…

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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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Rafael Nadal
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Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera, 1st Marquess of Llevant de Mallorca is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was r…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
Quebec_City_mosque_shooting
A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring up to nineteen others.
2013
SCAT_Airlines_Flight_760
Twenty-one people died when SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan.
2009
Supreme_Constitutional_Court_(Egypt)
The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt ruled that people who did not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions were also eligible to receive government identity documents.
2006
India_national_cricket_team
India's Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.
1991
Battle_of_Khafji
The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by Coalition forces.
1967
Mantra-Rock_Dance
The Mantra-Rock Dance (poster pictured), called the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, took place in San Francisco, featuring Swami Bhaktivedanta, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: At least 38 civilians were killed and about a dozen others injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy was attacked by a Soviet partisan unit with a contingent of Jewish partisans.
1943
World_War_II
World War II: The Battle of Rennell Island, the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign, began.
1911
Mexican_Revolution
Mexican Revolution: The Magonista rebellion began when Mexican Liberal Party troops captured the town of Mexicali.
1907
Charles_Curtis
Charles Curtis (pictured) of Kansas, a citizen of the Kaw Nation, became the first Native American U.S. Senator.

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