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2020-12-19

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The Mandalorian

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The Mandalorian, also known as Star Wars: The Mandalorian, is an American space Western television series created by Jon Favreau for the streaming service Disney+. It is the first live-action series in the Star Wars franchise and begins five years after the events of the film Return of the Jedi (1983). It follows a lon…

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Ma Rainey
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Gertrude "Ma" Rainey was an American blues singer and influential early-blues recording artist. Dubbed the "Mother of th…

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Peter Sutcliffe
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Peter William Sutcliffe, also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirtee…

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On This Day

10 events
2016
Andrei_Karlov
Andrei Karlov (pictured), Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an art gallery in Ankara.
2013
European_Space_Agency
The European Space Agency's spacecraft Gaia was launched with the goal of constructing the largest and most precise star catalogue ever made.
1997
SilkAir_Flight_185
SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia, killing 104 people.
1997
Titanic_(1997_film)
Titanic, the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time with a worldwide total of more than US$2.2 billion, was released in the United States.
1985
Aeroflot_Flight_101/435
Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by its co-pilot; it landed in a cow pasture in China, where he was apprehended.
1984
Sino-British_Joint_Declaration
China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997.
1983
FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy
The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian Football Confederation.
1964
South_Vietnam
The ruling junta of South Vietnam, led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.
1956
John_Bodkin_Adams
British physician and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams was arrested in connection with the death of Edith Alice Morrell.
1843
A_Christmas_Carol
A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was published.

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