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Captain Marvel (film)
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Captain Marvel (film)

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Captain Marvel is a 2019 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Flec…

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Brie Larson
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Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress. She played supporting roles in…

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Jennifer Lopez
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Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman. Lopez is regarded as one of th…

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On This Day

10 events
2019
Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_302
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (aircraft pictured) crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, with the deaths of all 157 people on board.
2008
The_New_York_Times
The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer (pictured), Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring.
2006
NASA
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (artist's impression pictured) reached and entered orbit around Mars.
1990
Prosper_Avril
Eighteen months after seizing power, Prosper Avril was ousted as the military head of state of Haiti.
1977
NASA
Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus.
1975
1975_spring_offensive
Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnam began its final push for victory over South Vietnam with an attack on Ban Me Thuot.
1968
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site 85.
1967
Progressive_rock
British progressive-rock band Pink Floyd released their first single, "Arnold Layne".
1966
Nguyễn_Cao_Kỳ
Military prime minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
1965
Thomas_Playford_IV
Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia, left office after 27 years, the longest term of any democratically elected leader in the history of Australia.

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