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John McCain

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John Sidney McCain III was an American politician and naval officer who represented Arizona in the United States Congress for over 35 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1983 to 1987, then as a U.S. senator from 1987 until his death in 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 200…

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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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2018 Asian Games
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The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Asian Games, and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 20…

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On This Day

10 events
2022
2022_Phoenix_shooting
A mass shooting took place in Phoenix, Arizona, leaving 33 dead and five others injured.
2021
Thomson–East_Coast_Line
The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.
1993
Galileo_(spacecraft)
The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).
1987
Ryugyong_Hotel
Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.
1973
Norrmalmstorg_robbery
Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; the hostages had bonded with their captors during the incident, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.
1963
Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
1955
Emmett_Till
African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.
1950
Althea_Gibson
American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.
1916
Blargies_prison_camp
A confrontation at Blargies prison camp in France led to a charge of mutiny for New Zealand private John Braithwaite, for which he was later executed.
1909
1909_Monterrey_hurricane
The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

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