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2020-11-01

2020-11-01

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Sean Connery
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Sean Connery

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery was a Scottish actor. Connery was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. He originated the role in Dr. No (1962) and continued starring as Bond in the Eon Productions films From Russia with …

The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)
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The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)
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The Queen's Gambit is a 2020 American coming-of-age period drama television miniseries based on the 1983 novel by Walter…

Jason Connery
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Jason Connery
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Jason Joseph Connery is a British actor and director. He is the son of Sean Connery and Diane Cilento. On screen, he is …

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On This Day

10 events
1972
Elvis_on_Tour
Elvis on Tour, a concert film that documented Elvis Presley's tour throughout the United States, opened.
1963
Lê_Quang_Tung
Lê Quang Tung, loyalist head of the South Vietnam Special Forces, was executed in a U.S.-backed coup against president Ngô Đình Diệm following a period of religious unrest.
1959
Hockey_puck
After being struck in the face with a hockey puck, Jacques Plante played the rest of the game wearing a face mask, now mandatory equipment for goaltenders in ice hockey.
1959
Dominique_Mbonyumutwa
Dominique Mbonyumutwa, one of the few Hutu sub-chiefs in colonial Rwanda, was attacked by Tutsi activists, precipitating the Rwandan Revolution.
1956
Kerala
The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: An American F-13 Superfortress made the first flight by an Allied aircraft over Tokyo since the Doolittle Raid in April 1942.
1941
Ansel_Adams
American photographer Ansel Adams (pictured) shot Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, one of his most famous photographs.
1921
Frances_Kyle
Frances Kyle was called to the Bar of Ireland, becoming the first female barrister in Ireland or Great Britain.
1914
World_War_I
World War I: The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force departed Albany, Western Australia.
1824
Disposable_ship
The disposable ship Columbus (pictured) arrived in the The Downs off England, becoming, at that time, the largest vessel to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

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