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2017-05-24

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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…

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…

Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls

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"Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls" is the ninth episode of the second season of the American animated television series Sout…

Sean Connery

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Manchester Arena bombing

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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion

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List of highest-grossing Indian films

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List of The Flash episodes

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

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Lists of deaths by year

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XHamster

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Fidget spinner

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On This Day

10 events

2014

Islamic_extremism

A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people.

2006

An_Inconvenient_Truth

An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and re-energizing the environmental movement, was released.

1991

Israel_Defense_Forces

The Israel Defense Forces began Operation Solomon, a covert operation to bring thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel (evacuees pictured).

1988

Section_28

Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act of 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, was enacted.

1986

Stationary_front

A stationary front began over the central Caribbean Sea, leading to severe floods that over two weeks killed dozens of people in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.

1976

Wine_competition

In a wine competition in Paris, French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wines higher than French ones.

1970

Kola_Peninsula

On the Kola Peninsula in Russia, drilling began on the Kola Superdeep Borehole, which eventually reached a depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft), making it the deepest borehole ever drilled and the lowest artificial point on Earth.

1963

Robert_F._Kennedy

United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy met with African American author James Baldwin in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations.

1962

Project_Mercury

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.

1956

Eurovision_Song_Contest_1956

The first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland.