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Squid Game
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Squid Game

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Squid Game is a South Korean dystopian survival thriller drama television series created, written, and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of children's games that result in …

You season 3
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You season 3
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The third season of the American psychological thriller television series You was ordered by Netflix on January 14, 2020…

Halloween Kills
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Halloween Kills
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Halloween Kills is a 2021 American slasher film directed by David Gordon Green, and co-written by Green, Danny McBride, …

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On This Day

10 events
2001
Rehavam_Ze'evi
Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.
2000
Hatfield_rail_crash
A fatal rail crash at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, led to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the British rail network and eventually caused the collapse of the railway management group Railtrack.
1992
Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana
Having gone to the wrong house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori was shot and killed by the homeowner.
1973
Yom_Kippur_War
Yom Kippur War: Egyptian forces retreated from the Battle of the Chinese Farm, allowing Israeli forces to build their first bridge across the Suez Canal.
1964
Robert_Menzies
Prime Minister Robert Menzies inaugurated the artificial Lake Burley Griffin (pictured) in the centre of the Australian capital Canberra.
1952
Indonesian_Army
Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, demanding that President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.
1931
Al_Capone
American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion.
1914
Texel
Off the coast of the Dutch island of Texel, a British naval squadron sank the German 7th Half Flotilla of torpedo boats in the Battle off Texel.
1860
The_Open_Championship
The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland.
1814
London_Beer_Flood
A wooden beer-fermenting vat in London burst, destroying a second vat and causing a large flood of at least 128,000 imperial gallons (580,000 l; 154,000 US gal) of porter that killed eight people.

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