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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…

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is a 2019 period comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced …

Independence Day (India)
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Independence Day (India)
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Independence Day is celebrated annually on 15 August as a public holiday in India commemorating the nation's independenc…

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On This Day

10 events
2021
2021_Haiti_earthquake
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck in Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing $1.5 billion in damages and economic loss.
2013
Rabaa_massacre
Security forces raided two camps of supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, leading to the deaths of at least 595 civilians.
2010
2010_Summer_Youth_Olympics
The inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games opened in Singapore for athletes aged between 14 and 18.
2007
Qahtaniyah_bombings
Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing 796 people and wounding 1,562 others.
2005
Helios_Airways_Flight_522
Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of Marathon, Greece, killing all 121 people on board.
1975
The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in London, the first in its record-breaking run in cinemas, which continues in limited release.
1941
Dominion_of_Newfoundland
After a secret meeting in Newfoundland, British prime minister Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt (both pictured) issued the Atlantic Charter, establishing a vision for a post–World War II world.
1888
Arthur_Sullivan
One of the first recordings of music, of Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", was played at a press conference in London to introduce Thomas Edison's phonograph.
1816
Tristan_da_Cunha
The United Kingdom formally annexed the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.
1720
Villasur_expedition
The Spanish Villasur expedition, intended to slow the progress of French influence on the Great Plains of North America, ended in failure when it was ambushed (depicted) by Pawnee and Otoe forces.

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