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Coming 2 America
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Coming 2 America

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Coming 2 America is a 2021 American romantic comedy film that serves as a sequel to the 1988 film Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy in various roles and directed by Craig Brewer, from a screenplay by Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield, the original writers, and Kenya Barris, and a story by Blaustein, Sheffiel…

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WandaVision is an American television miniseries created by Jac Schaeffer for the streaming service Disney+, based on Ma…

Raya and the Last Dragon
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Raya and the Last Dragon
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Raya and the Last Dragon is a 2021 American animated fantasy action film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It w…

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On This Day

10 events
2009
Florida_State_University_academic-athletic_scandal
As part of their investigation into an athletic scandal at Florida State University, the National Collegiate Athletic Association released a report alleging that 61 student athletes had engaged in academic fraud.
2000
Marine_Parade_Community_Building
The Marine Parade Community Building, the mural cladding of which is the largest installation art in Singapore, was opened.
1988
The_Troubles
The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.
1987
MS_Herald_of_Free_Enterprise
The ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized while leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 people on board.
1964
Nation_of_Islam
In a radio broadcast, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad announced that American boxer Cassius Clay would change his name to Muhammad Ali (pictured).
1953
Joseph_Stalin
Following Joseph Stalin's death, Georgy Malenkov succeeded him as Premier of the Soviet Union.
1945
Petru_Groza
Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first prime minister of the Communist Party-dominated government of Romania.
1943
World_War_II
World War II: National Liberation Front forces defeated Italian occupiers in the Battle of Fardykambos, a major sign of the Greek resistance's growth.
1930
Communist_International
Organized by the Communist International, hundreds of thousands of people in major cities around the world marched to protest mass unemployment associated with the Great Depression.
1913
First_Balkan_War
First Balkan War: The Greek army captured Bizani Fortress, near Ioannina, from the Ottomans.

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