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2022-05-24

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Kagiso Rabada

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Kagiso Rabada is a South African international cricketer who plays all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast bowler. He made his international debut in November 2014 in limited-overs cricket before going on to make his Test debut in November 2015. By January 2018, he had topped both the ODI bowler rankings and th…

Karan Johar

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Karan Kumar Johar, often informally referred to as KJo, is an Indian filmmaker, producer and television personality who …

Uvalde, Texas

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Uvalde is a city in and the county seat of Uvalde County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,217 at the 2020 ce…

Gorr the God Butcher

243,405 views

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

216,936 views

Amber Heard

210,794 views

Thor: Love and Thunder

177,861 views

Mpox

172,923 views

Johnny Depp

171,704 views

Better Call Saul season 6

133,042 views

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

128,092 views

Cleopatra

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On This Day

10 events

2014

Islamic_extremism

A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people.

2006

An_Inconvenient_Truth

An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and re-energizing the environmental movement, was released.

1991

Israel_Defense_Forces

The Israel Defense Forces began Operation Solomon, a covert operation to bring thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel (evacuees pictured).

1988

Section_28

Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act of 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, was enacted.

1986

Stationary_front

A stationary front began over the central Caribbean Sea, leading to severe floods that over two weeks killed dozens of people in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.

1976

Wine_competition

In a wine competition in Paris, French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wines higher than French ones.

1970

Kola_Peninsula

On the Kola Peninsula in Russia, drilling began on the Kola Superdeep Borehole, which eventually reached a depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft), making it the deepest borehole ever drilled and the lowest artificial point on Earth.

1963

Robert_F._Kennedy

United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy met with African American author James Baldwin in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations.

1962

Project_Mercury

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.

1956

Eurovision_Song_Contest_1956

The first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland.