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2020-01-22

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Feminism
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Feminism

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Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern societies are patriarchal—they prioritize the male point of view—and that women are treated unjustly in these soci…

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Anna May Wong
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Wong Liu Tsong, known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese American fi…

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Coronavirus
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Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cau…

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On This Day

10 events
2012
2012_Croatian_European_Union_membership_referendum
Croatia held a referendum in which it voted to become a member of the European Union.
2006
Evo_Morales
Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
1987
Bribery
After being convicted of receiving bribes, Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself in front of television cameras during a press conference.
1984
Super_Bowl_XVIII
During Super Bowl XVIII, Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh, the first successful personal computer to use a graphical user interface, with the television commercial "1984".
1979
Mutukula,_Uganda
After surrounding Mutukula the previous day, Tanzanian forces attacked the town and caused Ugandan forces to flee.
1973
Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Roe v. Wade struck down laws restricting abortion during the first two trimesters of pregnancy.
1970
Boeing_747
The Boeing 747, the world's first wide-body commercial airliner, entered service for Pan Am on the New York–London route.
1969
Leonid_Brezhnev
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (pictured) survived what was seen as an assassination attempt, an incident that was not revealed to the public until after the fall of the Soviet Union.
1968
Apollo_5
Apollo 5 (pictured), the first flight of NASA's Lunar Module, lifted off from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station.
1957
New_York_City_Police_Department
New York City police arrested George Metesky, better known as the "Mad Bomber", for planting over 30 bombs over 16 years throughout the city.

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