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2019-05-06

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List of highest-grossing films

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Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights, and merchandising. However, theatrical box-office earnings are the primary metric for trade publications in assessing the success of a film, mostly because of the availability of the data compar…

Avengers: Endgame

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Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. Produced by …

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 be…

Game of Thrones season 8

657,363 views

Game of Thrones

321,283 views

List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films

236,976 views

Bible

233,311 views

Mysterio

212,920 views

Cinco de Mayo

212,893 views

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

212,731 views

List of Game of Thrones episodes

205,210 views

The Last of the Starks

195,589 views

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On This Day

10 events

2023

Coronation_of_Charles_III_and_Camilla

The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms was held at Westminster Abbey in London.

2013

Cleveland

Amanda Berry escaped from the Cleveland, Ohio, home of her captor, Ariel Castro, having been held there with two other women for ten years.

2010

High-frequency_trading

Exacerbated by high-frequency traders using strategies that have since been banned, major U.S. stock indices dropped nearly 9 percent and quickly rebounded.

2008

Barrister

British barrister Mark Saunders was shot dead by police after a five-hour siege at his home in Chelsea, London.

2004

The_Last_One_(Friends)

The final episode of the television sitcom Friends was aired.

1998

Steve_Jobs

Steve Jobs unveiled the iMac G3' personal computer.

1991

Time_(magazine)

Time magazine published the article "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power" by Richard Behar criticizing the Church of Scientology, leading to years of legal conflict.

1988

Widerøe_Flight_710

Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into the fog-covered mountain of Torghatten in Brønnøy, Norway, killing all 36 people on board.

1954

Oxford

At Oxford's Iffley Road Track, English runner Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.

1941

Bob_Hope

American entertainer Bob Hope performed his first show with the United Service Organizations, beginning a 50-year involvement with them.