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Meat Loaf
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Meat Loaf

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Michael Lee Aday, better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell album trilogy—Bat Out of Hell (1977), Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2…

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Louie Anderson
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Louis Perry Anderson was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and game show host. He created the cartoon series …

Bat Out of Hell
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Bat Out of Hell
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Bat Out of Hell is the debut studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and composer Jim Steinman. The album was dev…

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On This Day

10 events
2025
2025_Kartalkaya_hotel_fire
A fire at a hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkey's Bolu Province results in 78 people killed.
2017
2017_Women's_March
Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the world to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.
2011
2011_Albanian_opposition_demonstrations
Demonstrations against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters in Tirana by the Republican Guard.
1997
United_States_House_of_Representatives
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
1981
DeLorean_Motor_Company
The DeLorean Motor Company completed the first production car of the DMC DeLorean at its factory in Northern Ireland.
1976
Concorde
Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic airliner, began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.
1972
Tripura
Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.
1968
Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress
A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.
1968
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: The People's Army of Vietnam attacked Khe Sanh Combat Base, a U.S. Marines outpost in Quảng Trị province, South Vietnam, starting the Battle of Khe Sanh.
1951
Mount_Lamington
Mount Lamington, a volcano in Papua New Guinea, erupted (pictured) and killed more than 2,900 people.

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