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Stomping Grounds
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Stomping Grounds

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Stomping Grounds was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. The event took place on June 23, 2019, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. It was a one-off event.

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Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, throu…

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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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2010
John_Isner
John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut at the Wimbledon Championships, concluding the longest match in tennis history, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days.
2010
Julia_Gillard
Julia Gillard (pictured) was sworn in as the first female prime minister of Australia after incumbent Kevin Rudd declined to contest a leadership spill in the Labor Party.
1989
1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre
Following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Jiang Zemin (pictured) as general secretary in place of Zhao Ziyang.
1943
United_States_Army
Amid racial tensions, U.S. Army military police shot and killed a black serviceman after a confrontation at a pub in Bamber Bridge, England.
1940
World_War_II
Second World War: The British Army carried out Operation Collar, its first commando raid into German-occupied France.
1939
Thai_cultural_mandates
The first of the Thai cultural mandates was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand.
1937
Fast_battleship
The U.S. Navy's first two fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, of the North Carolina class, were respectively ordered from the New York and Philadelphia Naval Shipyards.
1932
Siamese_revolution_of_1932
A group of military officers and civilians engineered a bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri dynasty.
1880
O_Canada
"O Canada", the present-day national anthem of Canada, was first performed in Quebec City during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day banquet.
1812
Napoleonic_Wars
Napoleonic Wars: Led by Napoleon, the French Grande Armée crossed the Neman, beginning their invasion of Russia.

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