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2022-01-08

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Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier

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Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his other accolades are two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for two E…

Sinéad O'Connor
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Sinéad O'Connor
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Shuhada' Sadaqat was an Irish singer-songwriter, record producer and activist. During her musical career, which encompas…

Stephen Hawking
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Stephen Hawking
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Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research …

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On This Day

10 events
2011
Jared_Lee_Loughner
Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a public meeting held by U.S. representative Gabby Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, killing six people and injuring twelve others.
2010
Front_for_the_Liberation_of_the_Enclave_of_Cabinda
Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the bus transporting the Togo national football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, killing three people.
1991
Richardson,_Texas
Jeremy Wade Delle committed suicide in his high-school class in Richardson, Texas, an event that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy".
1981
Trans-en-Provence
In Trans-en-Provence, France, a local farmer reported a UFO sighting claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
1977
1977_Moscow_bombings
Three bombs attributed to Armenian nationalists exploded across Moscow, killing seven people and injuring 37 people.
1972
Pakistani_Instrument_of_Surrender
Following Pakistan's defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto released Bangladeshi politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (pictured) from prison in response to international pressure.
1956
Evangelicalism
Five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States were killed by the Huaorani in the rainforest of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
1939
New_Deal_for_Aborigines
The New Deal for Aborigines was formally announced by the Australian government, providing for full civil rights for Indigenous Australians in exchange for cultural assimilation.
1936
Reza_Shah
Reza Shah issued the Kashf-e hijab decree, ordering Iranian police to remove hijabs from any women in public.
1918
Woodrow_Wilson
U.S. president Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points for a moral cause and for post–World War I peace in Europe.

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