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Louis Tomlinson
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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 British singing competition The X Factor as a solo artist in 2010, where he and four rejected solo contestants were placed into a group which became the British-Irish band One Direction, one of the b…

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Patrick Mahomes
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Patrick Lavon Mahomes II is an American professional football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Foo…

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List of highest-scoring NFL games
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This is a list of the highest-scoring games in the history of the National Football League, by number of combined points…

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On This Day

10 events
2003
2003_Istanbul_bombings
Suicide bombers blew up the British consulate and the headquarters of HSBC Bank in Istanbul, killing 31 people, including consul general Roger Short and actor Kerem Yılmazer.
1994
Lusaka_Protocol
In accordance with the Lusaka Protocol, the Angolan government signed a ceasefire with UNITA rebels in a failed attempt to end the Angolan Civil War.
1991
First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War
First Nagorno-Karabakh War: An Azerbaijani military helicopter carrying a peacekeeping mission team was shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh, disrupting ongoing peace talks.
1990
Andrei_Chikatilo
Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, was arrested in Novocherkassk.
1985
Windows_1.0
Windows 1.0, the first version of Microsoft Windows available to the public, was released.
1979
Grand_Mosque_seizure
Armed insurgents attacked and took over the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, declaring that one of their leaders was the Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam.
1969
Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
A group of Native American activists began a 19-month occupation (graffiti pictured) of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
1947
Elizabeth_II
Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who was given the title Duke of Edinburgh.
1945
Nuremberg_trials
The Nuremberg trials (defendants pictured) of 24 leading Nazis involved in the Holocaust and various war crimes during World War II began in Nuremberg, Germany.
1917
World_War_I
First World War: The Battle of Cambrai began with British forces having initial success over Germany's Hindenburg Line.

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