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Andrew Luck

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Andrew Austen Luck is an American football executive and former professional quarterback who is the general manager of the Stanford Cardinal football team. He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. Considered one of the best draft prospects in NFL history …

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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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Arun Jaitley was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minist…

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On This Day

10 events
2012
NASA
The NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.
2012
Richard_III_of_England
The skeleton of King Richard III of England was discovered under a car park in Leicester.
2011
Mexican_drug_war
Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people were killed in an arson attack at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.
2001
Aaliyah
American singer Aaliyah (pictured) and several members of her record company were killed when their overloaded aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport in The Bahamas.
1989
NASA
The NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings (pictured).
1975
Bruce_Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen released his commercial breakthrough album, Born to Run.
1942
World_War_II
World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea.
1914
World_War_I
World War I: During the sack of Louvain in Belgium, German troops burned the town's Catholic university, destroying several medieval manuscripts.
1875
Matthew_Webb
Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, doing so in approximately 21 hours 40 minutes.
1758
Seven_Years'_War
Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.

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