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Brenda Song
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Brenda Song

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Brenda Song is an American actress. Born in Carmichael, California, Song began her career at the age of six, working as a child model. She made her screen debut with a guest appearance on the sitcom Thunder Alley (1995), and went on to roles such as the children's television series Fudge (1995) and the Nickelodeon seri…

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Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin is an American actor and musician. Considered one of the most successful child actors of…

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Ramadan
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Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), co…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat.
2009
Kamień_Pomorski_homeless_hostel_fire
Twenty-three people died in a fire at a homeless hostel in Kamień Pomorski; it was Poland's deadliest fire since 1980.
2009
Andrew_Hussie
Andrew Hussie's webcomic Homestuck debuted, and concluded on the same day in 2016.
1997
Tiger_Woods
In golf, 21-year-old Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win the Masters Tournament, breaking the record for the lowest four-round score.
1976
Lapua_Cartridge_Factory_explosion
Forty people died in an explosion at an ammunition factory in Lapua, Finland.
1973
Catch_a_Fire
Catch a Fire, the landmark reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, was released.
1958
Cold_War
In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn (pictured) won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
1956
Vietnamese_National_Army
The Vietnamese National Army captured Ba Cụt, a military commander of the religious sect Hòa Hảo, which ran a de facto state in South Vietnam in opposition to Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm.
1953
Ian_Fleming
Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale was published as the first work to feature the British spy character James Bond.
1953
Central_Intelligence_Agency
The CIA began Project MKUltra, an illegal, covert human research program into mind control.

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