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Toy Story 4
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Toy Story 4

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Toy Story 4 is a 2019 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the fourth installment in Pixar's Toy Story film series and the sequel to Toy Story 3 (2010). It was directed by Josh Cooley from a screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom; the three al…

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Kabir Singh
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Kabir Singh is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film co-written, co-edited and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vang…

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Chernobyl disaster
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On 26 April 1986, reactor no.‍4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union,…

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On This Day

10 events
2016
2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum
Citizens of the United Kingdom voted in favour of leaving the European Union.
1992
Croatian_War_of_Independence
Croatian War of Independence: The Battle of the Miljevci Plateau ended after a failed counterattack by forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina against the Croatian Army who had captured the plateau.
1991
Sonic_the_Hedgehog
The first instalment of the video-game series Sonic the Hedgehog was released in North America.
1982
Killing_of_Vincent_Chin
Chinese American Vincent Chin died after being beaten into a coma in Highland Park, Michigan, U.S., by two automotive workers who were angry about the success of Japanese auto companies.
1973
Los_Angeles_Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers started Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, and Bill Russell in the infield, beginning a record eight-year run in Major League Baseball for four people designated as starters for those positions.
1972
Richard_Nixon
President Richard Nixon signed Title IX (co-author Patsy Mink pictured) into law as part of the Education Amendments, prohibiting gender discrimination in any educational program receiving U.S. federal funds.
1956
1956_Egyptian_referendum
In a nationwide referendum, Gamal Abdel Nasser (pictured) was elected President of Egypt, a post he held until his death in 1970.
1946
1946_Vancouver_Island_earthquake
Canada's largest recorded onshore earthquake struck Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
1944
The_Holocaust
The Holocaust: After a closely supervised visit to Theresienstadt Ghetto in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, Red Cross official Maurice Rossel reported that conditions there were "almost normal".
1926
College_Board
The College Board administered the first SAT, a major standardized test for university and college admissions in the United States.

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