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May to December
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May to December

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May to December is a British sitcom which ran for 39 episodes, from 2 April 1989 to 27 May 1994 on BBC1. The series was created by Paul Mendelson and produced by Cinema Verity. Set in Pinner, Greater London, it revolved around the romance between a widowed solicitor, Alec Callender and a much younger woman, Zoë Angell.

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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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White Rose
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The White Rose was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students and one L…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
Germanwings_Flight_9525
The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 deliberately crashed the aircraft in a mass murder–suicide in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
2008
Jigme_Thinley
Led by Jigme Thinley, the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party won 45 of 47 seats in the country's first National Assembly election.
2006
Hannah_Montana
Hannah Montana, starring Miley Cyrus as an actress whose alter ego is the titular character, premiered.
1980
Revolutionary_Government_Junta_of_El_Salvador
One day after making a plea to Salvadoran soldiers to stop carrying out the government's repression, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
1964
Royal_assent
Royal assent was given to Prince Edward Island's Provincial Flag Act, which outlined the design of its provincial flag (pictured).
1939
German_National_Movement_in_Liechtenstein
Members of the German National Movement in Liechtenstein attempted to overthrow the government and provoke Liechtenstein's annexation into Nazi Germany.
1934
Tydings–McDuffie_Act
The Tydings–McDuffie Act came into effect, which provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence from the United States after a period of ten years.
1922
Irish_War_of_Independence
Irish War of Independence: In Belfast, two men wearing police uniforms broke into a house and murdered a Catholic family in what was believed to be a reprisal for the deaths of two policemen the day before.
1921
1921_Women's_Olympiad
The inaugural Women's Olympiad, the first international women's sports event, opened at the International Sporting Club of Monaco in Monte Carlo.
1898
Winton_Motor_Carriage_Company
The Winton Motor Carriage Company (ad pictured), one of the first American car companies, sold its first unit.

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