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2019-02-21

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Jussie Smollett
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Jussie Smollett

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Jussie Smollett is an American actor, filmmaker and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 1991 debuting in The Mighty Ducks (1992). From 2015 to 2019, Smollett portrayed musician Jamal Lyon in the Fox drama series Empire.

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Peter Tork
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Peter Halsten Thorkelson, better known by his stage name Peter Tork, was an American musician and actor. He was best kno…

Karl Lagerfeld
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Karl Lagerfeld
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Karl Otto Lagerfeld, also called Kaiser Karl, was a German fashion designer, photographer, and creative director.

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On This Day

10 events
1973
Israeli_occupation_of_the_Sinai_Peninsula
After accidentally straying into the airspace of the Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two Israeli fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.
1965
Black_nationalism
American Black nationalist Malcolm X (pictured) was assassinated while giving a speech in New York City's Audubon Ballroom.
1952
Bengali_language_movement
A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.
1929
Nanjing_decade
Nanjing decade: In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
1919
Bavaria
Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.
1866
Lucy_Hobbs_Taylor
Lucy Hobbs Taylor (pictured) became the first woman to receive a doctorate from a dental college.
1862
American_Civil_War
American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde.
1828
Cherokee_Phoenix
The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published.
1746
Jacobite_rising_of_1745
Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army.
1437
James_I_of_Scotland
King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

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