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2022-05-01

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Naomi Judd

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Naomi Judd was an American country music singer and actress. In 1980, she and her daughter Wynonna formed the duo known as The Judds, who became a successful country music act, winning five Grammy Awards and nine Country Music Association awards. The Judds ceased performing in 1991 after Naomi was diagnosed with hepati…

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

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List of highest-grossing Indian films

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Joe Frazier

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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

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On This Day

10 events

2016

2016_Fort_McMurray_wildfire

The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned for another 14 months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.

1991

Major_League_Baseball

In Major League Baseball, Rickey Henderson broke the record for stolen bases on the same night that Nolan Ryan broke his own record for no-hitters.

1974

Juan_Perón

Argentine president Juan Perón expelled Montoneros from a demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization.

1950

Gwendolyn_Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

1947

Salvatore_Giuliano

Sicilian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing 11 and wounding 33.

1945

World_War_II

Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery during the advance to liberate Rangoon, Burma.

1941

Citizen_Kane

Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles, premiered.

1931

Empire_State_Building

New York City's Empire State Building (pictured), at the time the tallest building in the world, opened.

1900

Dust_explosion

A dust explosion at a coal mine near Scofield, Utah, U.S., killed at least 200 miners.

1885

Chicago_Board_of_Trade_Building

The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opened for business.