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2021-11-09

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Travis Scott
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Travis Scott

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Jacques Bermon Webster II, known professionally as Travis Scott, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Scott has had five number-one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, along with a total of over one hundred charting songs. In addition to ten Grammy Award nominations, he has won a Latin …

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Dean Stockwell
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Robert Dean Stockwell was an American actor, whose career in film and television spanned seven decades. As a child actor…

Eternals (film)
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Eternals (film)
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Eternals is a 2021 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics race the Eternals. Produced by Marvel Studios and …

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On This Day

10 events
2019
Imran_Khan
Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor, a visa-free border crossing connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib to the India–Pakistan border.
2019
Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football
The Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU Tigers football teams, both with undefeated records thus far that season, played in a "Game of the Century".
2016
2016_Croydon_tram_derailment
A tram derailment in Croydon, London, killed seven people.
1993
Bosnian_War
Bosnian War: Croatian Defence Council forces destroyed the Stari Most, a 16th-century bridge crossing the river Neretva in the city of Mostar (rebuilt bridge pictured).
1989
Günter_Schabowski
East German official Günter Schabowski mistakenly announced the immediate opening of the inner German border, resulting in the fall of the Berlin Wall that night (border crossing pictured).
1985
Garry_Kasparov
At age 22, Garry Kasparov became the then-youngest World Chess Champion by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov.
1967
Rolling_Stone
The first issue of Rolling Stone, an American magazine focusing on music, politics and popular culture, was published.
1939
World_War_II
World War II: A covert Sicherheitsdienst operation captured two British agents of the Secret Intelligence Service near Venlo in the Netherlands.
1938
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht began as SA stormtroopers and civilians destroyed and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of 30,000 men to concentration camps.
1918
Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic
The government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic adopted a tricolour national flag (pictured), which is again in use today, with slight modifications, by the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan.

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