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2022-07-20

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Liz Truss
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Liz Truss

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Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped down amid a government crisis, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. The member of Parlia…

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Rishi Sunak
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Rishi Sunak is a British politician and former investment banker who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and …

Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom from 51 to 30 BC and the last active pharaoh of ancient…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
Suruç_bombing
A suicide attack (aftermath pictured) in Suruç, Turkey, for which Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility, killed 34 people and injured 104 others.
2012
James_Holmes_(mass_murderer)
A gunman carried out a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.
2001
Death_of_Carlo_Giuliani
Twenty-three-year-old Italian anti-globalist Carlo Giuliani was shot dead by a police officer while protesting outside the 27th G8 summit held in Genoa, Italy.
1997
USS_Constitution
USS Constitution, one of the United States Navy's original six frigates, sailed for the first time in 116 years after a full restoration.
1982
Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing eleven British Army personnel and seven horses.
1977
Johnstown_flood_of_1977
Rain from a stalled thunderstorm caused six dams to fail, flooding Johnstown, Pennsylvania, resulting in 84 deaths and $340 in damages.
1976
Viking_1
The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.
1969
Apollo_11
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later (bootprint pictured).
1968
1968_Special_Olympics_World_Summer_Games
The first games of the Special Olympics (athletes pictured), for athletes with intellectual disabilities, were held at Soldier Field in Chicago.
1951
Abdullah_I_of_Jordan
Abdullah I of Jordan was assassinated while visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

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