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Stefán Karl Stefánsson
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Stefán Karl Stefánsson

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Stefán Karl Stefánsson was an Icelandic actor and singer. He was best known for portraying Robbie Rotten, the antagonist of the children's television series LazyTown.

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United States
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The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in…

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Louis Tomlinson
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Louis William Tomlinson is an English singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Doncaster, England, Tomlinson auditioned for…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
2015_Shoreham_Airshow_crash
A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.
2012
2012–2013_Tana_River_District_clashes
A series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and the Pokomo in Kenya's Tana River District resulted in at least 52 deaths.
2006
Grigori_Perelman
Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal.
2003
Roy_Moore
Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.
1985
1985_Manchester_Airport_disaster
A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.
1984
Constitution_of_Singapore
The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.
1962
Petit-Clamart_attack
An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.
1943
Ian_Stephens_(editor)
Ian Stephens, editor of The Statesman, defied British censorship to publish pictures of death and misery (example pictured) on Calcutta's streets, informing the world of the Bengal famine of 1943.
1914
World_War_I
First World War: German forces captured Rossignol in Belgium, taking more than 3,800 French prisoners.
1914
World_War_I
First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

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