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Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
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Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo

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Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, is a Mexican convicted drug lord who was one of the founders of the Guadalajara Cartel, which controlled much of the drug trafficking in Mexico and the corridors along the Mexico–United States border in the 1980s.

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Freddie Mercury
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Freddie Mercury was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the roc…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
Cyclone_Numa
Cyclone Numa, a rare "medicane", made landfall in Greece to become the worst weather event that the country had experienced since 1977.
2014
2014_Jerusalem_synagogue_attack
Two Palestinian men attacked the praying congregants of a synagogue in Jerusalem with axes, knives, and a gun, resulting in eight deaths, including the attackers themselves.
2011
Minecraft
The sandbox video game Minecraft exited beta with the official release of version 1.0.
2003
Goodridge_v._Department_of_Public_Health
With its ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court made the state the first in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage.
1999
Texas_A&M_University
Texas A&M University's Aggie Bonfire collapsed (aftermath pictured), killing 12 people and injuring 27 others, and causing the university to officially declare a hiatus on the 90-year-old annual event.
1991
Flag_of_Uzbekistan
The current flag of Uzbekistan was adopted, making the country the first newly independent republic in Central Asia to choose a new flag.
1991
Croatian_War_of_Independence
Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army captured the Croatian city of Vukovar, ending an 87-day siege.
1987
King's_Cross_fire
An underground fire killed 31 people at King's Cross St Pancras tube station in London.
1978
Jim_Jones
Jim Jones led more than 900 members of the Peoples Temple to mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, hours after some of its members assassinated U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan.
1977
Flag_of_Solomon_Islands
Solomon Islands ratified the adoption of a new flag (pictured).

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