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2018-12-17

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Catriona Gray

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Catriona Elisa Magnayon Gray is a Filipino model, singer, actress and beauty queen best known for winning Miss Universe 2018. The fourth Filipina to win Miss Universe, Gray was previously crowned Miss World Philippines 2016 and Miss Universe Philippines 2018, and reached the top five at Miss World 2016.

Miss Universe 2018

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Miss Universe 2018 was the 67th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Impact Arena in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand, on 17…

TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2018)

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The 2018 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the 10th annual TLC: T…

Jason Momoa

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Miss Universe

185,210 views

List of Miss Universe titleholders

171,365 views

Aquaman (film)

169,065 views

XHamster

139,003 views

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

137,131 views

Comparative illusion

127,304 views

The Sound of Music (film)

121,967 views

Julie Andrews

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10 events

2016

2016_Irkutsk_mass_methanol_poisoning

The first victims of a mass methanol poisoning which eventually killed over 70 inhabitants of Irkutsk, Russia, began arriving at hospitals.

2010

Arab_Spring

Arab Spring: Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Sidi Bouzid, set himself on fire in protest against police harassment, triggering the Tunisian revolution.

1990

LGBTQ_movements

American gay rights activist William E. Woods brought three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in Honolulu.

1983

The_Troubles

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb outside Harrods in London, killing six people and injuring about 90 others.

1970

December_1970_protests_in_Poland

Polish soldiers fired at workers (memorial pictured) emerging from trains in Gdynia, beginning the government's crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the country.

1967

Harold_Holt

Harold Holt, the prime minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.

1951

Civil_Rights_Congress

The Civil Rights Congress presented a document to the United Nations Genocide Convention charging the United States government with genocide against African Americans.

1948

Finnish_Security_and_Intelligence_Service

The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

1945

Flag_of_Kurdistan

The modern flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad, Iran.

1944

Joachim_Peiper

Nazi troops under Joachim Peiper killed unarmed prisoners of war, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, with machine guns near Malmedy, Belgium.