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Juneteenth
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Juneteenth

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Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, the day w…

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Sushant Singh Rajput was an Indian actor best known for his work in Hindi cinema. He earned acclaim for his performances…

The Last of Us Part II
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The Last of Us Part II
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The Last of Us Part II is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entert…

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On This Day

10 events
2019
2019_Iranian_shoot-down_of_American_drone
Iranian aircraft shot down an American drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
2009
Killing_of_Neda_Agha-Soltan
Iranian student Neda Agha-Soltan was shot dead in Tehran during the presidential election protests; footage of her death was widely distributed over the Internet, making it "probably the most widely witnessed death in human history".
1994
Imam_Reza_shrine_bombing
A bomb explosion in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran, left at least 25 dead and more than 70 injured.
1982
International_Conference_on_the_Holocaust_and_Genocide
The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, the first major conference in genocide studies, opened despite Turkish attempts to cancel it due to the inclusion of presentations on the Armenian genocide.
1979
Bill_Stewart_(journalist)
Bill Stewart, an American journalist, was executed by Nicaraguan Guardia forces.
1975
Steven_Spielberg
Steven Spielberg's film Jaws was released; it became a summer blockbuster and the first film to earn $100 million in U.S. theatrical rentals.
1960
Mali_Federation
The Mali Federation gained independence from France, but dissolved into Mali and Senegal two months later.
1959
Extratropical_cyclone
The extratropical remnants of an Atlantic hurricane reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada, causing 22 fishing boats to capsize and killing 35 people.
1947
Mafia
A Mafia hitman murdered gangster Bugsy Siegel, one of the driving forces in the development of the Las Vegas Strip, in Beverly Hills, California.
1943
World_War_II
World War II: The Royal Air Force began Operation Bellicose, a four-day shuttle-bombing mission that included raids on Germany and Italy and a refuelling and rearming stop in Algeria.

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