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Jeffrey Epstein
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Jeffrey Epstein

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Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher, before entering the banking and finance sector. He made much of his fortune providing tax and estate services to billionaires. Over the course of several decades, he cultivated an elite social circle of promi…

Lake Nyos disaster
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Lake Nyos disaster
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On 21 August 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon killed 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

Raymond Washington
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Raymond Washington
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Raymond Lee Washington was an American gangster, known as the founder of the Crips gang in Los Angeles. Washington forme…

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On This Day

10 events
2010
MV_Sun_Sea_incident
After being boarded by Canadian authorities, MV Sun Sea docked in British Columbia and the 492 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee claimants on board were placed into detention.
2004
Tropical_Storm_Bonnie_(2004)
Merely 22 hours after Tropical Storm Bonnie struck the U.S. state of Florida, Hurricane Charley inflicted further damage to the region (example pictured).
1999
Act_on_National_Flag_and_Anthem
The Act on National Flag and Anthem was adopted, formally establishing the Hinomaru and "Kimigayo" as the Japanese national flag and anthem, respectively.
1940
World_War_II
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launched an air operation, codenamed Adlertag, to destroy the British Royal Air Force; its failure indefinitely postponed the German invasion of the United Kingdom.
1918
Opha_May_Johnson
Opha May Johnson (pictured) became the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.
1906
25th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)
Members of the U.S. Army's all-black 25th Infantry Regiment were accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence.
1876
Bayreuth_Festival
The first Bayreuth Festival, created by Richard Wagner and his wife Cosima to showcase his stage works, was opened with Das Rheingold.
1868
1868_Arica_earthquake
A major earthquake near Arica, Peru (now in Chile), caused an estimated 25,000 casualties; the subsequent tsunami caused considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.
1762
Anglo-Spanish_War_(1762–1763)
Anglo-Spanish War: The United Kingdom captured Havana after a five-week siege, holding it until the Treaty of Paris the following year.
1724
Johann_Sebastian_Bach
Bach led the Thomanerchor in Leipzig in the first performance of the chorale cantata, Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101.

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