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Terry Fox
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Terry Fox

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Terrance Stanley Fox was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, having had one leg amputated due to cancer, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The annual Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in…

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Naomi Osaka
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Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA fo…

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Charles Bronson (prisoner)
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Charles Arthur Salvador, better known by his professional name of Charles Bronson, is a British criminal, with a violent…

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On This Day

10 events
2008
13_September_2008_Delhi_bombings
Five bomb blasts took place in Delhi, India, killing at least 20 people as part of a series of attacks perpetrated by the Indian Mujahideen.
2005
Corrupted_Blood_incident
A software bug caused a simulated pandemic in the online video game World of Warcraft, serving as a model for epidemiologists to understand how human interaction influences disease outbreaks.
1993
Nirvana_(band)
Nirvana released their third and final studio album, In Utero, which went on to sell more than 15 million copies.
1988
Hurricane_Gilbert
Hurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record at the time.
1985
Super_Mario_Bros.
Super Mario Bros., one of the most influential and best-selling video games in history, was first released in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
1971
Project_571
Following a failed coup attempt, Mao Zedong's second-in-command Lin Biao died in a plane crash while attempting to flee China.
1964
South_Vietnam
South Vietnamese generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức staged a coup attempt after being demoted by junta leader Nguyễn Khánh.
1959
Luna_2
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 (model pictured) struck the Moon, the first spacecraft to reach another celestial body.
1937
Chicago_Public_Schools
Chicago Public Schools began delivering lessons via radio amid to a polio outbreak, marking the first large-scale use of radio broadcasts for distance education.
1919
Boston_police_strike
The Boston police strike ended after four days of rule by the state militia, the deaths of nine people, and accusations that striking officers were "agents of Lenin".

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