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2022-03-23

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Madeleine Albright
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Madeleine Albright

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Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright was a Czech-born American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman to hold the position.

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…

Ashleigh Barty
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Ashleigh Barty
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Ashleigh Jacinta Barty is an Australian former professional tennis player and cricketer. She was ranked as the world No.…

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On This Day

10 events
2005
Texas_City_refinery_explosion
A fire and explosion at an oil refinery in Texas City, the third-largest in the United States, killed 15 workers.
1996
Lee_Teng-hui
Lee Teng-hui (pictured) was elected President of the Republic of China in the first direct presidential election in Taiwan.
1994
Aeroflot_Flight_593
Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into a hillside in Russia's Kemerovo Oblast, killing all 75 people on board, after the pilot's 15-year-old son unknowingly disabled the autopilot while seated at the controls.
1993
Kowloon_Walled_City
The demolition of Kowloon Walled City (pictured), a densely crowded slum in Hong Kong, began.
1991
Sierra_Leone_Civil_War
The Sierra Leone Civil War began with the invasion of the Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia, in an attempt to overthrow President Joseph Saidu Momoh.
1989
Cold_fusion
Two researchers announced the discovery of cold fusion, a claim that was later discredited.
1977
David_Frost
British journalist David Frost began a series of interviews with former U.S. president Richard Nixon, starting with the Watergate scandal.
1933
Nazi_Party
The Nazi Party took the first step in the Gleichschaltung process by having the Enabling Act passed, giving the government the right to make laws without the involvement of the Reichstag.
1931
Bhagat_Singh
Bhagat Singh (pictured), one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement, and two others were executed by the British authorities for their murder of a police officer.
1919
Benito_Mussolini
Benito Mussolini and his supporters founded the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, the predecessor of the National Fascist Party.

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