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Zodiac Killer
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Zodiac Killer

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The Zodiac is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area between December 1968 and October 1969. The Zodiac attacked three couples and a cab driver in Benicia, Vallejo, unincorporated Napa County, and the city of San Francisco. Two of the Zodiac's seve…

Cyberpunk 2077
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Cyberpunk 2077
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Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt. Based on Mike…

Kubrat Pulev
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Kubrat Pulev
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Kubrat Venkov Pulev is a Bulgarian professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title from…

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On This Day

10 events
2021
2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix
At the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to become World Drivers' Champion.
2012
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3_Unit_2
North Korea made its first successful satellite launch, as Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 reached orbit.
2000
Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore that the recount of ballots cast in Florida for the presidential election be stopped, effectively making George W. Bush (pictured) the winner.
1988
Clapham_Junction_rail_crash
Three trains collided near Clapham Junction railway station in London, killing 35 people and injuring 484 others.
1979
1979_Tumaco_earthquake
A magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck just off the shore of Tumaco, Colombia, causing at least 300 deaths, mostly by the resulting tsunami.
1969
Greek_junta
The Greek junta announced its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after the junta was found guilty of torture and other human-rights violations by the European Commission of Human Rights.
1964
Jomo_Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta became the first president of the Republic of Kenya.
1942
World_War_II
World War II: German troops began Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.
1941
The_Holocaust
The Holocaust: At a Nazi Party meeting in the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler declared the imminent destruction of the Jewish people.
1939
Royal_Navy
The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duchess (pictured) collided with HMS Barham, the battleship she was escorting, and Duchess sank with heavy loss of life.

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