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2019-05-18

2019-05-18

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Omar Khayyam
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Omar Khayyam

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Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) was a Persian poet and polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and Persian literature. He was born in Nishapur, Iran and lived during the Seljuk era, around the time of the First Crusade.

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Solanum aviculare
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Solanum aviculare, commonly known as kangaroo apple or New Zealand nightshade, is a species of flowering plant in the fa…

Eurovision Song Contest 2019
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Eurovision Song Contest 2019
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on…

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On This Day

10 events
2013
Murder_of_Mark_Carson
Mark Carson, an openly gay man, was murdered in a hate crime incident in New York City, prompting a 1,500-person march against anti-LGBTQ violence.
2009
Sri_Lanka_Army
The Sri Lanka Army killed Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader and founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, to bring an end to the 26-year Sri Lankan civil war.
2006
Federal_Parliament_of_Nepal
The Parliament of Nepal unanimously voted to strip King Gyanendra of many of his powers.
2005
The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion publicly debuted at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
1996
Republic_of_Ireland
Ireland won the Eurovision song contest for the seventh time, the highest number of wins for any country before Sweden tied it in 2023.
1974
Smiling_Buddha
India conducted its first nuclear test explosion at Pokhran, the first confirmed nuclear test by a nation outside the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
1965
Eli_Cohen
Eli Cohen, a spy who is credited with gathering significant intelligence used by Israel during the Six-Day War, was publicly hanged in Syria.
1955
Operation_Passage_to_Freedom
Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ended.
1952
First_Indochina_War
First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces overran a French and Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua, leaving only four survivors.
1944
Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars
The Soviet Union forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of Crimean Tatars to the Uzbek SSR and elsewhere in the country.

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