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Stranger Things season 3
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Stranger Things season 3

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The third season of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things, marketed as Stranger Things 3, was released worldwide on the streaming service Netflix on July 4, 2019, coinciding with Independence Day, the season's centered holiday. The series was created by the Duffer Brothers, who als…

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Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in sing…

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Stranger Things is an American television series created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix. Produced by Monkey Massacre…

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On This Day

10 events
2012
The_Shard
The Shard (pictured) in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 m (1,020 ft), but was surpassed by Moscow's Mercury City Tower four months later.
2009
July_2009_Ürümqi_riots
A series of violent riots broke out in Ürümqi, the capital city of Xinjiang in China.
2009
Staffordshire_Hoard
The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items (examples pictured), was found near Hammerwich in Staffordshire.
2006
United_Nations_Security_Council
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting hours after North Korea reportedly tested at least seven ballistic missiles.
2004
2004_Indonesian_presidential_election
Indonesia held its first direct presidential elections, which resulted in the election of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as President of Indonesia after the second round on September 20.
1990
1990_ARCO_explosion
An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Channelview, Texas, killed 17 people and injured five others.
1989
United_States_National_Security_Council
United States National Security Council member Oliver North was given a suspended sentence, probation, and community service for his part in the Iran–Contra affair.
1973
Juvénal_Habyarimana
Juvénal Habyarimana (pictured) orchestrated a bloodless coup d'état of the Rwandan government and began a totalitarian dictatorship.
1969
Brian_Jones
Two days after the death of their founder Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones performed at a free festival in Hyde Park, London, in front of more than a quarter of a million fans.
1954
Elvis_Presley
Elvis Presley recorded his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.

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