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2022-04-25

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Elon Musk
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Elon Musk

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Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter, and xAI. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of February 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be around US$852 billion.

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Amber Heard
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Amber Laura Heard is an American actress. She had her first leading role in the horror film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane…

Johnny Depp
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Johnny Depp
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John Christopher Depp II is an American actor, musician, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, inclu…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
April_2015_Nepal_earthquake
Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people.
1990
Violeta_Chamorro
Violeta Chamorro took office as President of Nicaragua, becoming the first female head of state in the Americas to have been elected in her own right.
1983
The_Jakarta_Post
The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia.
1982
Margaret_Thatcher
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher told journalists in Downing Street to "rejoice" upon hearing news of the successful recapture of South Georgia from Argentine forces in the Falklands War.
1964
Fun_Lounge_police_raid
109 individuals were arrested in a police raid on a gay bar near Chicago.
1960
United_States_Navy
The U.S. Navy submarine Triton (pictured) completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.
1946
Naperville_train_disaster
Two passenger trains collided in Naperville, Illinois, leaving 45 people dead and some 125 injured.
1932
Gladys_Elinor_Watkins
Gladys Elinor Watkins consecrated the carillon of the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand (dedication pictured).
1920
San_Remo_conference
At the San Remo conference, the principal Allies of World War I passed a resolution allocating League of Nations mandates for the administration of former Ottoman territories in the Middle East.
1920
1920_blind_march
A march by blind people from across the United Kingdom to protest at poor working conditions ended at Trafalgar Square, London.

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