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2019-01-15

2019-01-15

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Dean Mahomed
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Dean Mahomed

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Dean Mahomed was a British Indian traveller, soldier, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World. Due to non-standard transliteration, his name is spelled in various ways. His high social status meant that he later adopted the honorific "Sake" (Sheikh) meaning …

Mysterio
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Mysterio
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Mysterio is the alias of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by …

Carol Channing
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Carol Channing
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Carol Elaine Channing was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer who starred in Broadway and film musicals. Ea…

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2009
US_Airways_Flight_1549
US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canada geese during its climb out from New York City and made an emergency landing in the Hudson River (featured).
2001
First_Wikipedia_edit
The first edit to the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia was made.
1991
Victoria_Cross_for_Australia
The Victoria Cross for Australia was instituted, making Australia the first Commonwealth realm with a separate Victoria Cross award in its honours system.
1981
Police_procedural
The American serial police-procedural television show Hill Street Blues aired its pilot episode, "Hill Street Station".
1975
UNITA
Portugal and the nationalist factions UNITA, the MPLA and the FNLA signed the Alvor Agreement, ending the Angolan War of Independence.
1974
Dennis_Rader
American serial killer Dennis Rader, also known as the "BTK killer", murdered his first four victims.
1970
Biafra
The Republic of Biafra surrendered following a failed attempt at secession from Nigeria, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
1967
Green_Bay_Packers
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the American football championship game now known as Super Bowl I.
1962
Derveni_papyrus
The Derveni papyrus (fragment pictured), the oldest surviving manuscript in Europe, was discovered in Macedonia in northern Greece.
1951
Ilse_Koch
Ilse Koch, wife of Karl-Otto Koch, the Nazi commander of the Buchenwald and Majdanek concentration camps, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a West German court.

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