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Phil Spector
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Phil Spector

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Harvey Phillip Spector was an American record producer and songwriter primarily known for his Wall of Sound production style in the 1960s, followed by his trials and imprisonment for murder after the 2000s. Considered the first music producer auteur, he is the most successful American producer of the 1960s and widely r…

Richard Ramirez
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Richard Ramirez
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Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez, better known as Richard Ramirez, was an American serial killer, sex offender and burglar wh…

Lana Clarkson
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Lana Clarkson
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Lana Jean Clarkson was an American actress and fashion model. During the 1980s, she rose to prominence in several sword-…

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On This Day

10 events
2010
2010_Jos_riots
The first spate of violence between Muslims and Christians began in Jos, Nigeria, and would end in more than 200 deaths.
2002
Mount_Nyiragongo
Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, began an eruption that killed hundreds and left about 120,000 people homeless in the nearby town of Goma.
1999
Little_Saigon,_Orange_County
In Little Saigon, California, a series of protests began when the owner of a video rental store displayed an image of Ho Chi Minh.
1998
Drudge_Report
The Drudge Report became the first news source to break the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal to the public.
1989
Stockton_schoolyard_shooting
Patrick Purdy opened fire in an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing 5 and wounding 32 others.
1961
Dwight_D._Eisenhower
Three days before leaving office, U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a farewell speech to the nation, in which he warned about the dangers of the military–industrial complex.
1948
Indonesian_National_Revolution
Indonesian National Revolution: The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesian republicans was ratified, in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes arising from the Linggadjati Agreement of 1946.
1945
World_War_II
World War II: Australian troops advanced along the northern part of Bougainville Island (in present-day Papua New Guinea) and began fighting Japanese forces in the Battle of Tsimba Ridge.
1945
Raoul_Wallenberg
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who had saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, was taken into Soviet custody during the Siege of Budapest and was never seen in public again.
1920
Volstead_Act
The Volstead Act went into effect, beginning the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.

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