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John Madden
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John Madden

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John Earl Madden was an American professional football coach and sports commentator in the National Football League (NFL). He served as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969 to 1978, leading them to eight playoff appearances, seven division titles, seven AFL/AFC Championship Game appearances, and the franchis…

Don't Look Up
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Don't Look Up
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Don't Look Up is a 2021 American political satire black comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Adam McKay fro…

Harry Reid
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Harry Reid
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Harry Mason Reid Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 t…

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On This Day

10 events
2024
Jeju_Air_Flight_2216
Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at Muan International Airport while attempting to perform a belly-landing after losing engine thrust to a flock of Baikal teal.
1994
Turkish_Airlines_Flight_278
Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.
1975
1975_LaGuardia_Airport_bombing
Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded (aftermath pictured) at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.
1959
Richard_Feynman
American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.
1940
World_War_II
Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".
1928
Northern_Expedition
The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.
1915
World_War_I
First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".
1913
Cecil_B._DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).
1890
Sioux_Wars
Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.
1876
Ashtabula_River_railroad_disaster
A railway bridge collapsed over the Ashtabula River in Ohio, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train.

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