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2017-11-16

2017-11-16

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Lil Peep
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Lil Peep

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Gustav Elijah Åhr, known professionally as Lil Peep, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He was a member of the hip-hop collective GothBoiClique, and is credited as being a leading figure of the emo rap sub-genre, and an inspiration in alternative youth subcultures.

Justice League (film)
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Justice League (film)
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Justice League is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics superhero team. Produced by Warner Bros. Picture…

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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…

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On This Day

10 events
2020
El_Dorado_Fire
The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.
2002
2002–2004_SARS_outbreak
The first case of SARS, a zoonotic respiratory coronavirus disease, was recorded in Guangdong, China.
1997
Wei_Jingsheng
Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, released on ostensibly medical grounds after spending eighteen years in prison, was deported to the United States.
1992
Suffolk
In Suffolk, England, a local man found the largest hoard of Roman silver and gold in Britain (sample pictured), including the largest collection of 4th- and 5th-century gold and silver coins ever discovered within the former Roman Empire.
1981
Luke_and_Laura
About 30 million people watched the fictional couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber wed on the television show General Hospital in the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history.
1973
Richard_Nixon
U.S. president Richard Nixon signed an act authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to transport oil from the Beaufort Sea to the Gulf of Alaska.
1967
Aeroflot_Flight_2230
Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard.
1959
The_Sound_of_Music
The Sound of Music, a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein based on The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: Operation Queen commenced with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombings of the war, attacking German targets in the Rur valley.
1938
Albert_Hofmann
Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann first synthesized the psychedelic drug LSD in Basel, Switzerland.

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