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Cook's Country
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Cook's Country

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Cook's Country is an American half-hour television cooking show on public television stations and Create and distributed by American Public Television. The show is based on Cook's Country magazine. In July 2025, America's Test Kitchen announced that publication of Cook's Country magazine would cease after the October-N…

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Jamal Khashoggi
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Jamal Ahmad Hamza Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist and editor. Khashoggi was assassinated …

Jaron Lanier
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Jaron Lanier
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Jaron Zepel Lanier is an American computer scientist, futurist, and composer. Considered a founder of the field of virtu…

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On This Day

10 events
2019
Santiago
Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.
1993
Nihilism_(collection)
Nihilism, the first professional runway show from the British designer Alexander McQueen, was staged in London.
1968
1968_Summer_Olympics
At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, American athlete Bob Beamon (pictured) achieved a distance of 8.90 m (29.2 ft) in the long jump event, setting a world record that stood for 23 years.
1967
Venera_4
The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).
1963
Félicette
The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.
1906
Robert_Burns_Memorial_Statue_(Fredericton)
The Robert Burns Memorial Statue, the first public statue erected in New Brunswick, was dedicated in Fredericton.
1887
Johannes_Brahms
Johannes Brahms (pictured) conducted the premiere of his Double Concerto, composed for violinist Joseph Joachim and cellist Robert Hausmann.
1873
Renton_F.C.
Renton defeated Kilmarnock 2–0 in the opening match of the inaugural Scottish Cup.
1775
American_Revolutionary_War
American Revolutionary War: In an act of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the war, the Royal Navy destroyed what is now Portland, Maine.
1748
War_of_the_Austrian_Succession
The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

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