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2019-09-25

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Solar System
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Solar System

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The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the masses that orbit it, most prominently its eight planets, of which Earth is one. The system formed about 4.6 billion years ago when a dense region of a molecular cloud collapsed, creating the Sun and a protoplanetary disc from which the orbiting bo…

Greta Thunberg
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Greta Thunberg
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Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg is a Swedish activist best known for pressuring governments to address climate cha…

Venu Madhav (actor)
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Venu Madhav (actor)
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Kunath Venu Madhav, was an Indian actor, television presenter, mimicry artist and comedian known for his works predomina…

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On This Day

10 events
1990
Ram_Rath_Yatra
The Ram Rath Yatra, a political–religious rally organised to erect a temple to the Hindu deity Rama on the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, began in the Indian state of Gujarat.
1983
Maze_Prison_escape
In one of the largest prison escapes in British history, 38 Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners hijacked a meals lorry and broke out of HM Prison Maze in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
1981
Sandra_Day_O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor (pictured) became the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1977
Chicago_Marathon
About 4,200 people took part in the first modern Chicago Marathon.
1962
North_Yemen_civil_war
The North Yemen Civil War began when Abdullah al-Sallal dethroned the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declared Yemen to be a republic under his presidency.
1957
United_States_Army
United States Army troops escorted nine students as Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas was integrated.
1944
World_War_II
Second World War: British troops began their withdrawal from the Battle of Arnhem in the Netherlands, ending the Allies' Operation Market Garden in defeat.
1911
Propellant
An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonated the forward ammunition magazines and destroyed the ship.
1890
Sequoia_National_Park
Sequoia National Park (pictured) was established to conserve giant sequoia trees in an area affected by logging in the southern Sierra Nevada in California.
1800
French_Revolutionary_Wars
French Revolutionary Wars: After U.S. ships became involved, French forces abandoned their invasion of the Batavian island of Curaçao.

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