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2021-04-03

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DMX
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DMX

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Earl Simmons, known professionally as DMX, was an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. His accolades included an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, and six Grammy Award nominations. Regarded as an influential figure in the late 1990s and early 2000s and one of the greats of hip-hop, his music is characte…

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Godzilla vs. Kong is a 2021 American monster film directed by Adam Wingard. Produced by Legendary Pictures and distribut…

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Matt Gaetz
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Matthew Louis Gaetz II is an American politician, lawyer, and political commentator who served as the U.S. representativ…

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On This Day

10 events
2016
Panama_Papers
The first news stories on the Panama Papers were published, revealing that shell corporations represented by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca had been used for illegal purposes.
2013
Buenos_Aires_Province
The northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, experienced several flash floods that killed at least 100 people.
2010
Apple_Inc.
Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
2009
2009_Binghamton_shooting
A gunman opened fire at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, New York, U.S., killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
2000
United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.
In United States v. Microsoft Corp., Microsoft was found to have violated antitrust law by bundling the web browser Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system.
1996
Boeing_T-43
A U.S. Air Force CT-43 crashed into a mountainside while attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing all 35 people on board, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
1984
Soyuz_T-11
Aboard Soyuz T-11, Rakesh Sharma (pictured) became the first Indian to be launched into space.
1933
Douglas_Douglas-Hamilton,_14th_Duke_of_Hamilton
Lord Clydesdale and David McIntyre undertook the first successful flight over Mount Everest.
1895
Defamation
The libel trial instigated by Irish author Oscar Wilde (pictured) began, eventually resulting in his arrest, trial and imprisonment on charges of gross indecency.
1888
Emma_Elizabeth_Smith
Emma Elizabeth Smith was killed in the first of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.

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