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Kenosha unrest shooting
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Kenosha unrest shooting

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On August 25, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, shot and killed two men and wounded another man in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The shootings occurred during the protests, riots, and civil unrest that followed the shooting of Jacob Blake. Race was a major theme in U.S. media commentary of the event, …

Jonathan Larson
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Jonathan Larson
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Jonathan David Larson was an American composer, lyricist and playwright, most famous for writing the musicals Rent and T…

Turpin case
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Turpin case
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The Turpin case involved the abuse of children and dependent adults by their biological parents, David and Louise Turpin…

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On This Day

10 events
2003
2003_Istanbul_bombings
Suicide bombers blew up the British consulate and the headquarters of HSBC Bank in Istanbul, killing 31 people, including consul general Roger Short and actor Kerem Yılmazer.
1994
Lusaka_Protocol
In accordance with the Lusaka Protocol, the Angolan government signed a ceasefire with UNITA rebels in a failed attempt to end the Angolan Civil War.
1991
First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War
First Nagorno-Karabakh War: An Azerbaijani military helicopter carrying a peacekeeping mission team was shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh, disrupting ongoing peace talks.
1990
Andrei_Chikatilo
Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, was arrested in Novocherkassk.
1985
Windows_1.0
Windows 1.0, the first version of Microsoft Windows available to the public, was released.
1979
Grand_Mosque_seizure
Armed insurgents attacked and took over the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, declaring that one of their leaders was the Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam.
1969
Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
A group of Native American activists began a 19-month occupation (graffiti pictured) of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
1947
Elizabeth_II
Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who was given the title Duke of Edinburgh.
1945
Nuremberg_trials
The Nuremberg trials (defendants pictured) of 24 leading Nazis involved in the Holocaust and various war crimes during World War II began in Nuremberg, Germany.
1917
World_War_I
First World War: The Battle of Cambrai began with British forces having initial success over Germany's Hindenburg Line.

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