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2019-11-22

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard communication protocol for electronic mail transmission. Mail servers and other message transfer agents use SMTP to send and receive mail messages. User-level email clients typically use SMTP only for sending messages to a mail server for relaying, and ty…

Fiona Hill (presidential advisor)
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Fiona Hill (presidential advisor)
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Fiona Hill is a British-American academic, foreign affairs advisor and author, who since 2023 has served as Chancellor o…

Frozen 2
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Frozen 2
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Frozen 2, stylized as Frozen II, is a 2019 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Stud…

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On This Day

10 events
2013
Magnus_Carlsen
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen (pictured) defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion.
1995
Toy_Story
Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States.
1988
Northrop_B-2_Spirit
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the United States Air Force was first displayed in public at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
1987
Max_Headroom_signal_hijacking
Two television stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked with footage of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume.
1986
Mike_Tyson
Mike Tyson defeated Trevor Berbick to win the World Boxing Council title, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history.
1978
Serpent_labret_with_articulated_tongue
The serpent labret with articulated tongue (pictured articulating between positions), "perhaps the finest Aztec gold ornament to survive the crucibles of the sixteenth century", was sold at Sotheby's.
1975
Francisco_Franco
Two days after the death of Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos I (pictured) was declared King of Spain according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco.
1971
Cairngorm_Plateau_disaster
In Britain's worst mountaineering disaster, five teenage students and one of their leaders were found dead from exposure on the Cairngorm Plateau in the Scottish Highlands.
1968
The_Beatles
The Beatles released their eponymous double album, popularly known as the White Album.
1967
United_Nations_Security_Council
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

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