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Rumburak
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Rumburak

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Rumburak is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described in 2014 by Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith. All described species are endemic to South Africa.

Avengers: Infinity War
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Avengers: Infinity War
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Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. Produce…

Killing of Nicole van den Hurk
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Killing of Nicole van den Hurk
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15-year-old Nicole van den Hurk disappeared on 6 October 1995 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Her body was found in the w…

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On This Day

10 events
2022
Shireen_Abu_Akleh
Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is shot and killed while reporting on an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Jenin Refugee Camp.
2022
Myanmar_civil_war_(2021–present)
Myanmar civil war: Government troops killed 37 unarmed civilians in Mondaingbin.
2013
2013_Reyhanlı_car_bombings
Two car bombs by unknown perpetrators exploded in Reyhanlı, Turkey, resulting in 52 killed and 140 injured.
2011
2011_Lorca_earthquake
An earthquake registering Mw 5.1, the worst to hit the region for more than 50 years, struck near Lorca, Spain.
2010
David_Cameron
David Cameron took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.
2010
Gordon_Brown
Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party after failing to strike a coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats.
1998
Pokhran-II
India began the Pokhran-II nuclear-weapons test, its first since the Smiling Buddha test 24 years earlier.
1997
Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)
Deep Blue (pictured) defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
1981
Andrew_Lloyd_Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, the first megamusical, opened at the New London Theatre.
1970
Lubbock,_Texas
Lubbock, Texas, was struck by a tornado that left 26 people dead.

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