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2020-10-19

2020-10-19

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The Haunting of Bly Manor
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The Haunting of Bly Manor

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The Haunting of Bly Manor is an American gothic romance supernatural horror drama television miniseries created by Mike Flanagan, and released on Netflix on October 9, 2020. The second entry in Flanagan's The Haunting anthology series, it mostly acts as an adaptation of the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry J…

Chicago Seven
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Chicago Seven
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The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven d…

The Trial of the Chicago 7
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a 2020 American historical legal drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. The film…

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10 events
2017
Robert_Weryk
Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.
2013
YouTube
British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.
2005
Hurricane_Wilma
Hurricane Wilma (pictured) became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).
1988
1988–1994_British_broadcasting_voice_restrictions
The British government restricted the broadcast of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups on television and radio.
1987
Iran–Iraq_War
Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.
1987
Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent on Black Monday, the largest one-day percentage decline in the stock market index's history.
1965
Hutu
A group of ethnic Hutu military officers failed in their attempt to overthrow the Burundian government.
1965
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: The Siege of Plei Me began with the first major confrontation between soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army and the U.S. Army.
1955
European_Broadcasting_Union
At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
1944
Guatemalan_Revolution
The Guatemalan Revolution began with a small group of army officers led by Francisco Javier Arana and Jacobo Árbenz launching a coup against dictator Jorge Ubico.

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