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2020-12-20

2020-12-20

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Canelo Álvarez
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Canelo Álvarez

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Santos Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez Barragán is a Mexican professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, from light middleweight to light heavyweight, including unified titles in three of those weight classes. In 2021, Álvarez became the first boxer in history to become the undisputed sup…

Dua Lipa
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Dua Lipa
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Dua Lipa is an English singer and songwriter. Her accolades include seven Brit Awards and three Grammy Awards.

Peter Sutcliffe
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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
2007
Pablo_Picasso
Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.
1999
Handover_of_Macau
Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.
1995
Dayton_Agreement
Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War, the NATO-led Implementation Force (troops pictured) began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1995
American_Airlines_Flight_965
American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.
1987
List_of_maritime_disasters
The deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history occurred when the MV Doña Paz (pictured) sank after colliding with an oil tanker in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, resulting in an estimated 4,385 deaths.
1984
Murder_of_Jonelle_Matthews
Twelve-year-old Jonelle Matthews disappeared from her home in Greeley, Colorado; her body was not discovered until 2019.
1980
NBC
NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.
1940
Captain_America
The superhero Captain America made his first published appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1.
1852
George_Cathcart
Led by George Cathcart, British troops defeated Basuto and Taung forces at the Battle of Berea in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from King Moshoeshoe I.
1248
Franco-Mongol_alliance
Attempting to form an alliance with the Mongol Empire, Louis IX of France met with two of their envoys while en route to the Seventh Crusade.

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