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2018 Winter Paralympics
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2018 Winter Paralympics

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The 2018 Winter Paralympics, the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9…

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

Black Panther (film)
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Black Panther (film)
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Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marve…

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On This Day

10 events
1977
Washington,_D.C.
Twelve gunmen seized three buildings in Washington, D.C., and took 149 hostages in a 39-hour standoff that ended in two deaths.
1967
Svetlana_Alliluyeva
Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.
1959
Barbie
The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.
1957
1957_Andreanof_Islands_earthquake
The Andreanof Islands earthquake struck Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands, causing more than $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
1956
Tbilisi
In Tbilisi, Georgia, soldiers suppressed mass demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's policy of de-Stalinization.
1946
Burnden_Park_disaster
Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: As part of the Battle of Narva, the Soviet Air Forces heavily bombed Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.
1933
Franklin_D._Roosevelt
U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to the United States Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
1932
Éamon_de_Valera
Éamon de Valera (pictured), a dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.
1927
Royal_Air_Force
Former Royal Air Force officer Vivian Stranders (pictured) was convicted of industrial espionage by a French court.

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