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Matthew Perry
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Matthew Perry

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Matthew Langford Perry was an American and Canadian actor. He gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends (1994–2004). Perry also appeared on Ally McBeal (2002) and received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in The West Wing (2003) and The Ron Clark S…

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Cruella is a 2021 American crime comedy-drama film directed by Craig Gillespie from a screenplay by Dana Fox and Tony Mc…

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Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, London, England. They compete in the Premier Leag…

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On This Day

10 events
2011
Portland,_Oregon
Residents of Portland, Oregon, held a rally called Hands Across Hawthorne in response to an attack against a gay couple holding hands while crossing the Hawthorne Bridge.
1999
Olusegun_Obasanjo
President Olusegun Obasanjo took office as Nigeria's first elected and civilian head of state after 16 years of military dictatorship.
1999
Charlotte_Perrelli
Charlotte Perrelli, representing Sweden, won the Eurovision Song Contest, the first edition not to feature an orchestra or live accompaniment.
1954
Diane_Leather
Diane Leather became the first woman to run a mile in less than five minutes.
1953
Edmund_Hillary
The mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (both pictured) became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1942
Bing_Crosby
Bing Crosby recorded his version of the song "White Christmas", which went on to become the best-selling single worldwide, with more than 50 million copies sold.
1935
1935_Copperbelt_strike
A strike by copper miners in Northern Rhodesia ended after six workers were shot and killed by police.
1918
World_War_I
World War I: Armenian forces defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Sardarabad, halting the Turkish advance and preventing further destruction of the Armenian nation.
1913
The_Rite_of_Spring
During the premiere of the ballet Le Sacre du printemps by Igor Stravinsky at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a near-riot in the audience (report pictured).
1911
W._S._Gilbert
English dramatist W. S. Gilbert of the songwriting duo Gilbert and Sullivan died while saving a young woman from drowning in his lake.

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