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2021-12-04

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Ajaz Patel
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Ajaz Patel

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|height=5 ft 6 in}} Ajaz Yunus Patel is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Central Districts in domestic cricket. He emigrated with his family from Mumbai when he was eight years old, and was formerly a left-arm seam bowler. Patel is a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler.

The Power of the Dog (film)
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The Power of the Dog (film)
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The Power of the Dog is a 2021 Western psychological drama film written and directed by Jane Campion. It is based on Tho…

Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom from 51 to 30 BC and the last active pharaoh of ancient…

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On This Day

10 events
2012
Il_Canto_degli_Italiani
"Il Canto degli Italiani" officially became the national anthem of Italy, 66 years after it was provisionally chosen following the birth of the Italian Republic.
2006
Jena_Six
Six black teenagers assaulted a white student in Jena, Louisiana; the subsequent court cases became a cause célèbre for perceived racial injustice in the United States.
1992
George_H._W._Bush
U.S. president George H. W. Bush ordered American troops into Somalia to help provide humanitarian aid and restore order during the ongoing Somali Civil War.
1986
Port_of_Savannah
The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker starts leaking while at the port of Savannah, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L).
1980
Led_Zeppelin
The English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbanded.
1978
Assassinations_of_George_Moscone_and_Harvey_Milk
Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.
1971
The_Troubles
The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force, an Ulster-loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a bomb at a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing 15 people.
1971
India–Pakistan_war_of_1971
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launched a successful attack against the Pakistan Navy at Karachi, sinking three ships with no Indian casualties.
1969
Fred_Hampton
Fred Hampton, the leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and Mark Clark were killed in a raid by Chicago police officers in what many scholars consider an illegal assassination.
1928
Cosmo_Gordon_Lang
Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

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