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2021-12-23

2021-12-23

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The Matrix Resurrections
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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 co-wrote the screenplay with David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon. It is the fourth in The Matrix film series. The film stars an ensemble cast including Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mate…

Spider-Man: No Way Home
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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 C…

The Matrix
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The Matrix
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The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. The first installment in the Ma…

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On This Day

10 events
2008
Republic_of_Guinea_Armed_Forces
The Guinean military engineered a coup d'état, announcing that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election.
1997
Pioneer_Helmet
The Pioneer Helmet, one of only six Anglo-Saxon helmets to be discovered, was first placed on public display.
1990
1990_Slovenian_independence_referendum
About 88 percent of eligible voters in Slovenia voted to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1984
Aeroflot_Flight_3519
An engine fire caused Aeroflot Flight 3519 to crash shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk, USSR, killing all but one of the 111 people on board.
1958
Tokyo_Tower
Tokyo Tower, then the world's tallest freestanding tower, opened.
1957
Australia_national_cricket_team
Leading the Australia national cricket team, Ian Craig became the youngest-ever Test cricket captain at the time.
1919
Sex_Disqualification_(Removal)_Act_1919
The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was enacted, lifting most of the existing common-law restrictions on women in the United Kingdom.
1916
World_War_I
First World War: Allied forces gained a strategic victory at the Battle of Magdhaba on the Sinai Peninsula.
1888
Mental_disorder
During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (pictured) severed part of his left ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel in Arles, France.
1815
Jane_Austen
Jane Austen's novel Emma was first published, the last novel released during her lifetime.

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