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2019-01-26

2019-01-26

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Ted Bundy
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Ted Bundy

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Theodore Robert Bundy was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls between 1974 and 1978. His modus operandi typically consisted of convincing his target that he was in need of assistance or duping them into believing he was an authority figure. He would then lure his …

Naomi Osaka
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Naomi Osaka
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Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA fo…

Republic Day (India)
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Republic Day (India)
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Republic Day is a national holiday in India commemorating the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of India and …

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On This Day

10 events
2020
Sikorsky_S-76
A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California, killing all nine people on board, including former basketball player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna.
2015
2015_Los_Llanos_Air_Base_crash
A jet fighter crashed at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.
2009
Antananarivo
Rioting broke out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that led to the deposal of President Marc Ravalomanana.
2001
2001_Gujarat_earthquake
An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least 20,000 people, injured 167,000 others and destroyed nearly 400,000 homes.
1998
Bill_Clinton
In a nationally televised press conference, U.S. president Bill Clinton denied having "sexual relations" with intern Monica Lewinsky.
1991
Somali_Rebellion
Somali Rebellion: Factions led by the warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid and his rebel group, the United Somali Congress, ousted President Siad Barre.
1974
Turkish_Airlines_Flight_301
Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed while taking off from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, killing 67 people.
1972
JAT_Flight_367
JAT Flight 367 exploded in mid-air over Czechoslovakia; the only survivor of the 28 on board, flight attendant Vesna Vulović, fell 10,160 m (33,330 ft), setting the record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute.
1966
Disappearance_of_the_Beaumont_children
The three Beaumont children disappeared from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.
1952
Cairo_fire
Spontaneous anti-British riots erupted in Cairo following the killings of 50 Egyptian auxiliary police officers the previous day.

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