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Eurovision Song Contest 2018
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Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May and a final on 12 May 2018, held at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, and presented by Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto, Catarina Furtado, and Daniela Ruah. It was organised by the E…

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Blendo
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Blendo is a combat robot designed and built by Jamie Hyneman. Adam Savage handled the electronics and control systems.

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…

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On This Day

10 events
2008
Postville,_Iowa
In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
1998
Trisakti_shootings
Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.
1982
Coppergate_Helmet
The Coppergate Helmet (pictured), the best preserved of the six known Anglo-Saxon helmets, was discovered.
1982
Juan_María_Fernández_y_Krohn
Juan María Fernández y Krohn attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II with a bayonet in Fátima, Portugal.
1975
Mayaguez_incident
The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.
1968
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.
1967
Jimi_Hendrix
The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.
1948
High_Explosive_Research
The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.
1941
Konrad_Zuse
German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.
1938
United_States_Army_Air_Corps
During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.

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