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Eva Ekeblad
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Eva Ekeblad

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Eva Ekeblad was a Swedish agriculturist and salon hostess. She discovered a method to make alcohol and flour from potatoes, significantly reducing Sweden's incidence of famine. She became the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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Outsider art is art made by self-taught individuals who are untrained and untutored in the traditional arts with typical…

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WWE Great Balls of Fire was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was …

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On This Day

10 events
2018
Association_football
The last members of a junior association football team and their coach were rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non, a flooded cave in northern Thailand.
2011
Tabloid_journalism
The last edition of the British tabloid News of the World was published, closing due to allegations that it hacked the voicemails of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, victims of the 7/7 attacks and relatives of deceased British soldiers.
2011
Bulgaria_(disambiguation)
The Russian river cruise liner Bulgaria was caught in a storm in Tatarstan on the Volga River and sank in several minutes, resulting in 122 deaths.
2006
Typhoon_Ewiniar_(2006)
Typhoon Ewiniar made landfall in South Korea, causing damages across the country amounting to 2.06 trillion won (US$1.4 billion).
1999
United_States_women's_national_soccer_team
The United States defeated China in the final match of the third FIFA Women's World Cup, setting records in both attendance and television ratings for women's sports.
1978
Moktar_Ould_Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah, the first president of Mauritania, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Mustafa Ould Salek.
1973
John_Paul_Getty_III
John Paul Getty III, a grandson of the American oil magnate J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped in Rome.
1966
Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (pictured) led a rally in support of the Chicago Freedom Movement, one of the most ambitious civil-rights campaigns in the northern United States.
1945
United_States_Marine_Corps
Three African-American United States Marines who repeatedly raped local women in Katsuyama near Nago, Okinawa were killed by the residents and had their bodies hidden in a nearby cave for over 50 years.
1942
Akutan_Zero
A downed Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero was discovered on Akutan Island, Alaska; it was later rebuilt and flown to devise tactics against the aircraft during World War II.

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