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2020 NFL draft
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2020 NFL draft

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The 2020 NFL draft was the 85th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2020 NFL season. The first round was held on April 23, followed by the second and third rounds on April 24. The draft concluded with rounds 4–7 on April 25. The NFL originally planned to …

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Amateur radio frequency allocations
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Amateur radio frequency allocation is done by national telecommunication authorities. Globally, the International Teleco…

Extraction (2020 film)
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Extraction (2020 film)
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Extraction is a 2020 American action thriller film directed by Sam Hargrave and written by Joe Russo, based on the 2014 …

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On This Day

10 events
2013
Savar_Upazila
A building in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people, making it the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern history.
2011
Guantanamo_Bay_files_leak
Secret documents relating to detainees at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp were released on WikiLeaks and several independent news organizations.
2003
Backhoe
A backhoe breached a pipeline in Toronto, Canada, which caused a gas explosion that killed seven people.
1993
Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring forty-four others, and causing damage that cost £350 million to repair.
1990
Hubble_Space_Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (pictured) was launched aboard STS-31 by Space Shuttle Discovery.
1980
United_States_Armed_Forces
Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue the captives in the Iran hostage crisis.
1980
United_States_Armed_Forces
Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue the captives in the Iran hostage crisis.
1965
Cold_War
Cold War: The Dominican Civil War broke out due to tensions following a military coup against the democratically elected government of President Juan Bosch two years earlier.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek island of Santorini.
1933
Nazi_Germany
Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.

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