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2020-10-22

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Three Red Banners

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Three Red Banners was an ideological slogan in the late 1950s which called on the Chinese people to build a socialist state. The "Three Red Banners" also called the "Three Red Flags," consisted of the General Line for socialist construction, the Great Leap Forward and the people's communes.

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James Randi
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James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal…

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The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abraham…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
Trollhättan_school_stabbing
A sword-wielding man attacked students and teachers at a high school in Trollhättan, killing three people in Sweden's deadliest school attack.
2014
Ottawa
In Ottawa, Canada, the downtown core was placed on lockdown after a series of shootings at Parliament Hill.
2005
Bellview_Airlines_Flight_210
Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashed in Ogun State, Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
1989
TAN-SAHSA_Flight_414
TAN-SAHSA Flight 414 crashed in approach to Toncontín International Airport killing 131 out of 146 people onboard.
1987
John_Adams_(composer)
John Adams' (pictured) opera Nixon in China premiered.
1966
The_Supremes_A'_Go-Go
With their album The Supremes A' Go-Go, the Supremes became the first all-female group to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart.
1964
Ian_Fleming
The first volume of Ian Fleming's children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was published posthumously.
1945
Cigar_Factory
Workers at the Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, began a labor strike against the American Tobacco Company that lasted more than five months.
1940
Vichy_France
After evading Vichy French and Francoist Spanish authorities, Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot arrived in London, marking the beginning of the Belgian government in exile.
1936
Royal_Navy_cutlasses
The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service.

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