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Ariana Grande
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Ariana Grande

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Ariana Grande-Butera is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her four-octave vocal range, which extends into the whistle register, she is regarded as an influential figure in popular music. Publications such as Rolling Stone and Billboard have deemed Grande one of the greatest artists in history, whil…

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Web performance refers to the speed in which web pages are downloaded and displayed on the user's web browser. Web perfo…

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Roger Moore
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Sir Roger George Moore was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent Jame…

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On This Day

10 events
2008
International_Court_of_Justice
The International Court of Justice awarded the Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, resolving a 29-year-old territorial dispute in the Singapore Strait.
1999
Owen_Hart
Professional wrestler Owen Hart died immediately before a World Wrestling Federation match after dropping 70 feet (21 m) onto the ring during a botched entrance.
1974
Airbus_A300
The Airbus A300, the first twin-engined wide-body airliner, went into service with Air France.
1939
USS_Sailfish_(SS-192)
The U.S. Navy submarine Squalus sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during tests, causing 26 men to drown.
1934
Auto-Lite_strike_(1934)
During a strike against the Electric Auto-Lite company in Toledo, a fight began between nearly 10,000 American strikers and sheriff's deputies, later involving the Ohio National Guard.
1895
Samuel_J._Tilden
Backed by Samuel J. Tilden, the Astor Library and the Lenox Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library.
1873
North-West_Mounted_Police
The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and order to and assert Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories.
1862
American_Civil_War
American Civil War: Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeated a Union force at the Battle of Front Royal in Virginia, taking around 700 prisoners.
1706
War_of_the_Spanish_Succession
War of the Spanish Succession: The Grand Alliance armies routed the Franco-Spanish-Bavarian army in Ramillies, present-day Belgium.
1568
Eighty_Years'_War
The Dutch Revolt broke out when rebels led by Louis of Nassau (pictured) invaded Friesland at the Battle of Heiligerlee.

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