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PXL2000

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The PXL2000, or Pixelvision, was a toy black and white video camera, introduced by Fisher-Price in 1987 at the International Toy Fair in Manhattan, which could record sound and images onto Compact Cassette tapes. It was on the market for one year with about 400,000 units produced. After that one year, it was pulled fro…

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Marozia, born Maria and also known as Mariuccia or Mariozza, was a Roman noblewoman who was the alleged mistress of Pope…

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Charo
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María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza, professionally known by her stage name Charo, is a Spanish-born actress, sing…

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On This Day

10 events
2016
The_Two_Hundred
American Dad! aired it's critically acclaimed two-hundredth episode.
2015
Makka_al-Mukarama_hotel_attack
A siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab militants, which began the previous day and killed at least 20 people, ended with the Somali Armed Forces recapturing the premises.
1999
Kosovo_War
Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.
1997
Tragedy_of_Otranto
In the Tragedy of Otranto, the Italian Navy vessel Sibilla collided with the Albanian civilian vessel Kateri i Radës, causing the latter to sink and leading to dozens of deaths.
1979
James_Callaghan
British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.
1946
United_States_Department_of_State
The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.
1942
World_War_II
Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured).
1935
Propaganda_in_Nazi_Germany
The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin.
1933
Imperial_Airways
After an on-board fire that may have been the first incident of airliner sabotage, the Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool broke apart in mid-air, killing fifteen people.
1918
World_War_I
World War I: British and Australian troops defeated German forces at the First Battle of Dernancourt in northern France.

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