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2021-01-24

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Larry King

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Larry King was an American TV and radio host, author, and spokesman. He was a WMBM radio interviewer in the Miami area in the 1950s and 1960s. Beginning in 1978, King gained national prominence as host of The Larry King Show, an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard over the Mutual Broadcasting System. From …

UFC 257

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UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took …

Conor McGregor

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Conor Anthony McGregor is an Irish professional mixed martial artist. He is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC…

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1990

Hiten_(spacecraft)

Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft (pictured), the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.

1987

1987_Forsyth_County_protests

About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.

1978

Nuclear_power

The Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during atmospheric reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories.

1977

Spanish_transition_to_democracy

Spanish transition to democracy: Neo-fascists attacked an office in Madrid, killing five people and injuring four others.

1972

Shoichi_Yokoi

Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in the jungles of Guam, where he had been hiding since the end of World War II.

1968

Vietnam_War

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.

1961

Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress

A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two Mark 39 nuclear weapons broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina; one bomb was recovered intact, the other disintegrated.

1913

Michael_Moutoussis

Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.

1857

University_of_Calcutta

The University of Calcutta was established as the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent.

1848

James_W._Marshall

James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill (reconstruction pictured) in Coloma, California, leading to the California gold rush.