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Shane Warne
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Shane Warne

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Shane Keith Warne was an Australian international cricketer whose career ran from 1992 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batter for Victoria, Hampshire, the Melbourne Stars and Australia. Warne is regarded by many of the greatest cricket players, statisticians and unbia…

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the curr…

The Batman (film)
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The Batman (film)
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The Batman is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves from a scr…

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2017
The_Buddha
Construction began on a 69-metre (226 ft) statue of the Buddha at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok.
2012
Brazzaville_arms_dump_blasts
A series of blasts occurred at an arms dump in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, killing at least 300 people and injuring 2,500 others.
2009
Omar_al-Bashir
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan was indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the War in Darfur.
2007
Death_of_Charlotte_Shaw
Fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl Charlotte Shaw drowned on Dartmoor, becoming the first person to die in connection with the annual Ten Tors challenge.
2000
PlayStation_2
Playstation 2 was released in Japan.
1990
College_basketball
College basketball player Hank Gathers died after collapsing during a West Coast Conference tournament semifinal game in Los Angeles.
1987
Ronald_Reagan
U.S. president Ronald Reagan made a nationally televised address in which he accepted full responsibility for illegal actions in the Iran–Contra affair.
1979
Voyager_1
The space probe Voyager 1 discovered the rings of Jupiter, the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System, after those of Saturn and Uranus.
1966
John_Lennon
During an interview, John Lennon of the Beatles argued that the band had become "more popular than Jesus".
1944
Murder,_Inc.
Murder, Inc. leader Lepke Buchalter was executed, becoming the only American mob boss to receive the death penalty after being convicted of murder.

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