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Gilbert Gottfried
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Gilbert Gottfried

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Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was best known for his exaggerated shrill voice, strong New York dialect, his squint, and his edgy, often controversial sense of humor. His numerous roles in film and television included voicing Iago in The Walt Disney Company's Aladdin franchise …

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Beast most often refers to:Animal, a multicellular, eukaryotic organism in the biological kingdom Animalia The Beast (Re…

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…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat.
2009
Kamień_Pomorski_homeless_hostel_fire
Twenty-three people died in a fire at a homeless hostel in Kamień Pomorski; it was Poland's deadliest fire since 1980.
2009
Andrew_Hussie
Andrew Hussie's webcomic Homestuck debuted, and concluded on the same day in 2016.
1997
Tiger_Woods
In golf, 21-year-old Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win the Masters Tournament, breaking the record for the lowest four-round score.
1976
Lapua_Cartridge_Factory_explosion
Forty people died in an explosion at an ammunition factory in Lapua, Finland.
1973
Catch_a_Fire
Catch a Fire, the landmark reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, was released.
1958
Cold_War
In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn (pictured) won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
1956
Vietnamese_National_Army
The Vietnamese National Army captured Ba Cụt, a military commander of the religious sect Hòa Hảo, which ran a de facto state in South Vietnam in opposition to Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm.
1953
Ian_Fleming
Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale was published as the first work to feature the British spy character James Bond.
1953
Central_Intelligence_Agency
The CIA began Project MKUltra, an illegal, covert human research program into mind control.

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