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2022-08-28

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Liger (film)
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Liger (film)

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Liger - Saala Crossbreed is a 2022 Indian sports masala film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. It is shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu. The film is produced by Dharma Productions and Puri Connects. The film stars Vijay Deverakonda in a dual role as father and son, the titular MMA fighter “Liger” with stamme…

Asia Cup
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Asia Cup
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The Men's Asia Cup is a biennial cricket tournament organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). It features senior men…

2022 Asia Cup
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2022 Asia Cup
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The 2022 Asia Cup was the 15th edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament, with the matches played as Twenty20 Internati…

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On This Day

10 events
2022
2022_Phoenix_shooting
A mass shooting took place in Phoenix, Arizona, leaving 33 dead and five others injured.
2021
Thomson–East_Coast_Line
The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.
1993
Galileo_(spacecraft)
The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).
1987
Ryugyong_Hotel
Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.
1973
Norrmalmstorg_robbery
Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; the hostages had bonded with their captors during the incident, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.
1963
Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
1955
Emmett_Till
African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.
1950
Althea_Gibson
American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.
1916
Blargies_prison_camp
A confrontation at Blargies prison camp in France led to a charge of mutiny for New Zealand private John Braithwaite, for which he was later executed.
1909
1909_Monterrey_hurricane
The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

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