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Garbiñe Muguruza
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Garbiñe Muguruza

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Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco is a Venezuelan-born Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and world No. 10 in doubles. Muguruza won ten WTA Tour-level singles titles, including two majors at the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Wim…

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XHamster
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xHamster is a pornographic video sharing and streaming website, based in Limassol, Cyprus. It was founded by Oleg Netepe…

1883 eruption of Krakatoa
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1883 eruption of Krakatoa
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Between 20 May and 21 October 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa began erupting, lasting more than 5 months. On 27 Au…

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On This Day

10 events
2018
Mario_Mandžukić
Croatian Mario Mandžukić scored the first own goal in a FIFA World Cup final in their defeat to France.
2016
Peace_at_Home_Council
The Peace at Home Council, a faction of the Turkish Armed Forces, staged a coup d'état attempt against the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
2012
Psy
South Korean rapper Psy (pictured) released his hit single "Gangnam Style".
2009
Caspian_Airlines_Flight_7908
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard.
2009
Seismic_magnitude_scales
A .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw 7.8 earthquake struck a remote region of Fiordland, New Zealand, the country's largest earthquake magnitude since the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.
1983
Sega
Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000 (pictured), was released in Japan.
1943
Emilia_Plater_Independent_Women's_Battalion
The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.
1870
Rupert's_Land
Following the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company, Manitoba was established as a province of Canada.
1815
HMS_Bellerophon_(1786)
Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon surrendered to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, concluding the Napoleonic Wars.
1799
Fort_Julien
French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone, which was essential in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts.

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