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Ghislaine Maxwell
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Ghislaine Maxwell

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Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell is a British former socialite. In 2021, she was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offences in connection with the deceased American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In 2022, she was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in the United States.

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Jeffrey Epstein
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Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher, before e…

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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…

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On This Day

10 events
2013
Paul-Joseph_Mukungubila
Supporters of Congolese religious leader Paul-Joseph Mukungubila carried out a series of attacks on television studios, the airport and a military base in Kinshasa.
2009
Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha_pipeline
Due to a rupture of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline in Shaanxi, China, caused approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flowed down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River six days later.
2009
30_December_2009_Iranian_pro-government_rallies
Pro-government counter-demonstrators held rallies (pictured) in several Iranian cities in response to recent anti-government protests on the holy day of Ashura.
2006
MV_Senopati_Nusantara
The Indonesian ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sank in the Java Sea during a storm, killing at least 400 people.
2006
Basque_nationalism
Basque nationalist group ETA detonated a van bomb at Madrid–Barajas Airport in Spain, ending a nine-month ceasefire.
2006
Saddam_Hussein
Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, was executed after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi High Tribunal.
2005
Tropical_Storm_Zeta
Tropical Storm Zeta (pictured) became a tropical depression, making it the record-breaking 28th tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the most active in recorded history until 2020.
2000
Rizal_Day_bombings
A series of bombings occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines, killing 22 people and injuring around 100 others.
1958
Guatemalan_Air_Force
The Guatemalan Air Force fired on Mexican fishing boats that had strayed into Guatemalan territory, triggering an eight-month conflict.
1954
National_Bureau_of_Investigation_(Finland)
The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation was established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.

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