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2021-02-03

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Captain Tom Moore
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Captain Tom Moore

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Captain Sir Thomas Moore, more popularly known as Captain Tom, was a British Army officer and fundraiser. He made international headlines in April 2020 when he raised money for charity in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic. He served in India and the Burma campaign during the Second World War…

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Andy Jassy
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Andrew R. Jassy is an American business executive who is the president and chief executive officer of Amazon since July …

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Jeff Bezos
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Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and…

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On This Day

10 events
2023
East_Palestine,_Ohio,_train_derailment
A freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing hazardous materials into the surrounding area.
2014
School_shooting
Russia's first school shooting took place when a student opened fire at School No. 263 in Moscow, resulting in the deaths of a teacher and a police officer.
2010
L'Homme_qui_marche_I
An edition of L'Homme qui marche I, a bronze sculpture by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, was sold for £65 million, setting the record for the most expensive sculpture sold at auction.
2006
Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen: 23 convicts, including several militants associated with al-Qaeda, escaped from a prison administered by the Political Security Organization in Sanaa, Yemen.
1998
Commutation_(law)
Despite a large international movement advocating the commutation of her sentence to life imprisonment, Karla Faye Tucker became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1984.
1995
STS-63
In mission STS-63, astronaut Eileen Collins (pictured) became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.
1986
Steve_Jobs
Steve Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm and launched it as an independent computer-animation studio.
1972
1972_Iran_blizzard
The deadliest blizzard in history began in Iran and continued for a week leaving more than 4,000 people dead.
1959
Rock_and_roll
American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a plane crash (wreckage pictured) shortly after takeoff from Mason City Municipal Airport in Iowa.
1953
Creole_peoples
Hundreds of native creoles known as Forros were massacred on São Tomé Island by the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners.

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