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Day of the Dead
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The Day of the Dead is a holiday traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2, though other days, such as October 31 or …

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Antonio Conte is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Serie A c…

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On This Day

10 events
2008
Lewis Hamilton (pictured) overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the Brazilian Grand Prix to win the Formula One championship by one point.
2000
As members of Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko (all pictured) became the first resident crew to arrive at the International Space Station.
1997
Tropical Storm Linda made landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.
1994
A lightning strike ruptured three oil tanks near Dronka, Egypt, causing a flood that killed 469 people.
1984
The serial killer Velma Barfield became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962.
1963
President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was assassinated, marking the culmination of a coup d'état led by Dương Văn Minh.
1957
A large number of people witnessed a fiery object in the sky near Levelland, Texas, which the United States Air Force said was ball lightning.
1949
The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ended with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
1943
World War II: A U.S. Navy task force turned away an Imperial Japanese Navy formation at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, thus protecting the landings at Cape Torokina.
1932
The Australian military began a "war against emus", flightless native birds blamed for widespread damage to crops in Western Australia.

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