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2019-11-30

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List of awards and nominations received by Meryl Streep
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List of awards and nominations received by Meryl Streep

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Meryl Streep is an American actress who has been recognized with numerous accolades for her work on screen and stage having being one of few individuals to be nominated for both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Streep has won three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and tw…

Jimmy Hoffa
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Jimmy Hoffa
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James Riddle Hoffa was an American labor union leader who served as the General President of the International Brotherho…

The Irishman
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The Irishman
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The Irishman is a 2019 American epic gangster film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Steven …

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On This Day

10 events
2018
2018_Anchorage_earthquake
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake (aftermath pictured) hit Anchorage, Alaska, causing 117 injuries.
2005
John_Sentamu
John Sentamu was enthroned as Archbishop of York, becoming the first black archbishop in the Church of England.
1999
1999_Seattle_WTO_protests
A series of protests by anti-globalization activists against the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 in Seattle forced the cancellation of the opening ceremonies.
1979
The_Wall
The Wall, a rock opera and concept album by the English band Pink Floyd, was first released.
1954
Sylacauga_(meteorite)
A meteorite crashed through a roof in Sylacauga, Alabama, and hit a sleeping woman in the first verified case of a human being injured by an extraterrestrial object.
1953
Mutesa_II_of_Buganda
Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda, was temporarily deposed and exiled to London by Andrew Cohen, the British governor of Uganda.
1947
United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine
After the United Nations voted to adopt a partition plan for Palestine, a civil war broke out between the region's Jewish and Arab communities.
1942
World_War_II
World War II: Japanese warships defeated the U.S. Navy in a nighttime naval battle off Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal.
1936
Alan_Turing
English mathematician Alan Turing published the first details of the Turing machine (model pictured), an abstract device that can simulate the logic of any computer algorithm by manipulating symbols.
1935
1935_SMU_vs._TCU_football_game
A college football game between the SMU Mustangs and the TCU Horned Frogs became the first game in Texas to be broadcast nationally on radio.

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