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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 Netepenko and Dmitri Gusev in 2007. xHamster serves user-submitted pornographic videos, webcam models, pornographic photographs, and erotic literature, and incorporates social networking features. As of Oct…

2018 FIFA World Cup
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2018 FIFA World Cup
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The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams orga…

Cristiano Ronaldo
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Cristiano Ronaldo
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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, nicknamed CR7, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for a…

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On This Day

10 events
2012
The_Shard
The Shard (pictured) in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 m (1,020 ft), but was surpassed by Moscow's Mercury City Tower four months later.
2009
July_2009_Ürümqi_riots
A series of violent riots broke out in Ürümqi, the capital city of Xinjiang in China.
2009
Staffordshire_Hoard
The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items (examples pictured), was found near Hammerwich in Staffordshire.
2006
United_Nations_Security_Council
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting hours after North Korea reportedly tested at least seven ballistic missiles.
2004
2004_Indonesian_presidential_election
Indonesia held its first direct presidential elections, which resulted in the election of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as President of Indonesia after the second round on September 20.
1990
1990_ARCO_explosion
An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Channelview, Texas, killed 17 people and injured five others.
1989
United_States_National_Security_Council
United States National Security Council member Oliver North was given a suspended sentence, probation, and community service for his part in the Iran–Contra affair.
1973
Juvénal_Habyarimana
Juvénal Habyarimana (pictured) orchestrated a bloodless coup d'état of the Rwandan government and began a totalitarian dictatorship.
1969
Brian_Jones
Two days after the death of their founder Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones performed at a free festival in Hyde Park, London, in front of more than a quarter of a million fans.
1954
Elvis_Presley
Elvis Presley recorded his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.

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