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Spider-Man: No Way Home

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Spider-Man: No Way Home is a 2021 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Pascal Pictures, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and the 27th …

The Witcher (TV series)

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The Witcher is a fantasy drama television series created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix. It is based on the book…

The Matrix Resurrections

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The Matrix Resurrections is a 2021 American science fiction action film co-produced and directed by Lana Wachowski, who …

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2018

Special_Boat_Service

Operatives of the British Special Boat Service boarded the container ship Grande Tema in the Thames Estuary to detain four stowaways who had threatened the crew.

2012

Maya_civilization

Countries that were part of the Maya civilization celebrated the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.

1995

Oslo_II_Accord

In accordance with the Oslo II Accord, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem in preparation for the transfer of control to the Palestinian National Authority.

1994

Popocatépetl

Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, dormant for 47 years, began erupting, and is now one of the nation's most active volcanoes.

1988

Antonov_An-225_Mriya

The world's heaviest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, made its first flight.

1988

Pan_Am_Flight_103

A bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103 detonated over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.

1968

Apollo_8

Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a trajectory to the Moon; its crew (pictured) became the first humans to visit another celestial body.

1965

United_Nations

The United Nations adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 88 member states have since signed.

1963

Greek_Cypriots

An attempt by Greek Cypriot police to search certain Turkish Cypriot women in Nicosia escalated into island-wide violence, leading to 538 deaths and the displacement of nearly 27,000 people.

1937

Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length cel-animated feature in film history, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.

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